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What is the difference in moment and work?

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Moment is Newtons-meters, and work is Newtons-meters. No they're not the same. For work the force has to be in the same direction (vector dot product) as relevant distance (that is the distance traveled), whereas for torque the force has to be perpendicular (vector cross product) to the relevant distance (which is the lever length).

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