Alternator = AC electricity
Generator = DC electricity
Electrical generator: A device for converting mechanical (kinetic) energy into electrical energy.
generator
They both convert kinetic energy to electrical energy.
A generator in a power plant converts rotating kinetic energy into electrical energy An electric motor is a device which changes electrical energy into kinetic. For example-- Fans could be like electric energy to kinetic energy...
Kinetic
They don't. An electric motor is designed to convert electrical energy to kinetic energy, not the other way round. A device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy is called a generator or a dynamo. Sometimes the same device can do both things (convert in both directions), but since the device is especially optimized for one function, it may not be very good at the other one.
Kinetic
Generator
kinetic energy. kinetic energy is moving energy and wind is moving.
A generator.
The device which convert mechanical energy in to electrical energy is "Dynamo".
Photo voltaic cells (solar cells) convert light energy into electrical energy. Electric generators convert kinetic energy into electrical energy. Internal combustion engines convert chemical energy into kinetic energy.