The difference between Automobile and Tractor

When used as nouns, automobile means a type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. a car or motorcar, whereas tractor means a vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.

When used as verbs, automobile means to travel by automobile, whereas tractor means to prepare (land) with a tractor.


Automobile is also adjective with the meaning: self-moving.

check bellow for the other definitions of Automobile and Tractor

  1. Automobile as a noun (US, Canada):

    A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.

  1. Automobile as a verb (intransitive, dated):

    To travel by automobile.

  1. Automobile as an adjective:

    Self-moving; self-propelled.

  1. Tractor as a noun (agriculture):

    A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.

  2. Tractor as a noun (US):

    A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.

  3. Tractor as a noun:

    Any piece of machinery that pulls something.

  4. Tractor as a noun (aviation):

    An airplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage

  5. Tractor as a noun (UK, rail transportation):

    A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.

  6. Tractor as a noun (archaic):

    A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.

  1. Tractor as a verb (transitive, agriculture):

    To prepare (land) with a tractor.

  2. Tractor as a verb (transitive, scifi):

    To move with a tractor beam.

  3. Tractor as a verb (transitive, medicine, archaic):

    To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.