The difference between Cant and Pan
When used as nouns, cant means an argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup, whereas pan means a wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
When used as verbs, cant means to speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup, whereas pan means to wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
When used as adjectives, cant means lively, lusty, whereas pan means pansexual.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cant and Pan
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Cant as a noun (countable):
An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
Examples:
"synonyms: argot jargon slang"
"He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger."
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Cant as a noun (countable, uncountable):
A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
Examples:
"synonyms: argot jargon slang"
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Cant as a noun:
A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
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Cant as a noun (uncountable, pejorative):
Empty, hypocritical talk.
Examples:
"People claim to care about the poor of Africa, but it is largely cant."
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Cant as a noun (uncountable):
Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
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Cant as a noun (countable, heraldry):
A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
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Cant as a noun (obsolete):
A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
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Cant as a verb (intransitive):
To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
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Cant as a verb (intransitive):
To speak in set phrases.
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Cant as a verb (intransitive):
To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
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Cant as a verb (intransitive, heraldry):
Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
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Cant as a verb (obsolete):
To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
Examples:
"rfquotek Jonathan Swift"
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Cant as a noun (obsolete):
Side, edge, corner, niche.
Examples:
"Under the cant of a hill."
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Cant as a noun:
Slope, the angle at which something is set.
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Cant as a noun:
A corner (of a building).
Examples:
"synonyms: corner"
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Cant as a noun:
An outer or external angle.
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Cant as a noun:
An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
Examples:
"synonyms: beveslope tilt"
"rfquotek Totten"
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Cant as a noun:
A movement or throw that overturns something.
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Cant as a noun:
A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
Examples:
"to give a ball a cant'"
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Cant as a noun (coopering):
A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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Cant as a noun:
A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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Cant as a noun (nautical):
A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
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Cant as a verb (transitive):
To set (something) at an angle.
Examples:
"to cant a cask; to cant a ship"
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Cant as a verb (transitive):
To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
Examples:
"to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football"
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Cant as a verb (transitive):
To bevel an edge or corner.
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Cant as a verb (transitive):
To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
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Cant as a verb (transitive):
To divide or parcel out.
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Cant as an adjective (British, dialect):
lively, lusty.
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Pan as a noun:
A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
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Pan as a noun:
The contents of such a receptacle.
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Pan as a noun:
A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
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Pan as a noun (Ireland):
A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
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Pan as a noun:
A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
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Pan as a noun (geography):
a specific type of lake, natural depression or basin. They are sometimes associated with desert areas.
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Pan as a noun:
Strong adverse criticism.
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Pan as a noun:
A loaf of bread.
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Pan as a noun:
The chamber pot in a close stool; the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
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Pan as a noun (slang):
A human face, a mug.
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Pan as a noun (roofing):
The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
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Pan as a noun:
A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
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Pan as a noun:
The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
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Pan as a noun:
The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
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Pan as a noun (figurative):
The brain, seen as one's intellect
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Pan as a noun (carpentry):
A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
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Pan as a noun:
The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil; hardpan.
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Pan as a verb (transitive):
To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
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Pan as a verb (transitive):
To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
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Pan as a verb (intransitive):
With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
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Pan as a verb (transitive, informal, of a contest):
To one's opposition convincingly.
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Pan as a verb (informal):
To a work (like a book, movie, etc.)
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Pan as a verb (intransitive):
Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.
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Pan as a verb (intransitive, photography):
To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
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Pan as a verb (audio):
To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
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Pan as a noun:
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Pan as a verb:
To join or fit together; to unite.
Examples:
"rfquotek Halliwell"
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Pan as a noun:
A part; a portion.
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Pan as a noun (fortifications):
The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
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Pan as a noun:
A leaf of gold or silver.
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Pan as an adjective (informal):
Pansexual.