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by thejrk_ 2713 days ago
Just a nitpick but engine would mean internal combustion.
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It's not that black and white; but Wikipedia does note:

""" In modern usage, the term engine typically describes devices, like steam engines and internal combustion engines, that burn or otherwise consume fuel """

Also, "electric motor" is definitely a lot more common than "electric engine":

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=Electric%2...

ain't engine just something that converts energy to motion? We have jet/rocket engine which aren't internal combustion.
Jets and rockets are also internal combustion engines. An example of external combustion is a steam engine.
This reminds me of how the switch to SSDs meant that we could no longer talk about our computers having a “Hard Drive” since that specifically referred to drives with spinning platters.
I’ve heard the term “hard storage” being used more often. When using just “storage” lot of non-tech people get confused by ram or persistent storage.