The difference between Traction engine and Tractor

When used as nouns, traction engine means a wheeled steam engine used to move heavy loads, plough ground or provide power at a chosen location, whereas tractor means a vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.

Tractor is also verb with the meaning: to prepare (land) with a tractor.

check bellow for the other definitions of Traction engine and Tractor

  1. Traction engine as a noun:

    A wheeled steam engine used to move heavy loads, plough ground or provide power at a chosen location.

  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.

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