No one ever calls an electric motor an engine, but lots of people refer to engines as motors. I like to old use of the term engine referring to any mechanical contrivance that perform some productive task. Like a "calculating engine" or a "weaving engine".
Maybe not so humorous, trying to keep it in the machine venue.
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