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heat engine vs internal-combustion engine

internal-combustion engine vs heat engine

heat engine and internal-combustion engine both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
heat engine Yes No No No
internal-combustion engine Yes No No No
As nouns, internal-combustion engine is a hyponym of heat engine; that is, internal-combustion engine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than heat engine:
  • heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work
  • internal-combustion engine: a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
Other hyponyms of heat engine include external-combustion engine, ICE.
heat engine (noun) internal-combustion engine (noun)
any engine that makes use of heat to do work a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
Difference between heat engine and internal-combustion engine

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