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Many questions have arisen regarding the switch from describing engine by horsepower to torque.  This is how Briggs & Stratton is defining and explaining each:

Torque is the immediate twisting or rotation force a machine can produce at a given moment.

Horsepower is the rate of doing work over time.

Torque is a more direct way to measure the turning force an engine can produce.  That is what matters most in a small engine driven product. 

An good example of “torque” is using a wrench.  The power you get as you turn the wrench is rotational power.  This is the same type of power that’s in a spinning lawnmower blade (or a rotor shaft of a shredder-chipper).

You cannot compare the torque rating to horsepower rating.  They really measure two different things.  But torque is a more direct way to measure the turning force an engine can produce.  The higher the torque rating, the more turning force there is available.