Question

How does torque differ from work?

Answer 1

Torque is the counterpart of force in rotational mechanics.
Both are sort of "forces" in common language but, the basic difference is that torque is the ability of a force to produce a twist around an axis.

Now, let us come to work.
It is defined as,

`W = F*d Cos theta`
where `F` is the magnitude of force, `d` is the displacement and `theta` is the angle between the two vectors.

Similarly, work is done by a torque too where we have to consider the angular displacement in place of displacement.