The difference between Frying pan and Pan

When used as nouns, frying pan means a long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food, whereas pan means a wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.


Pan is also verb with the meaning: to wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).

Pan is also adjective with the meaning: pansexual.

check bellow for the other definitions of Frying pan and Pan

  1. Frying pan as a noun:

    A long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food.

  1. Pan as a noun:

    A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.

  2. Pan as a noun:

    The contents of such a receptacle.

  3. 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.

  4. Pan as a noun (Ireland):

    A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.

  5. Pan as a noun:

    A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.

  6. Pan as a noun (geography):

    a specific type of lake, natural depression or basin. They are sometimes associated with desert areas.

  7. Pan as a noun:

    Strong adverse criticism.

  8. Pan as a noun:

    A loaf of bread.

  9. Pan as a noun:

    The chamber pot in a close stool; the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.

  10. Pan as a noun (slang):

    A human face, a mug.

  11. Pan as a noun (roofing):

    The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.

  12. Pan as a noun:

    A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.

  13. Pan as a noun:

    The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.

  14. Pan as a noun:

    The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.

  15. Pan as a noun (figurative):

    The brain, seen as one's intellect

  16. Pan as a noun (carpentry):

    A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

  17. Pan as a noun:

    The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil; hardpan.

  1. Pan as a verb (transitive):

    To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).

  2. Pan as a verb (transitive):

    To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.

  3. Pan as a verb (intransitive):

    With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.

  4. Pan as a verb (transitive, informal, of a contest):

    To one's opposition convincingly.

  5. Pan as a verb (informal):

    To a work (like a book, movie, etc.)

  1. Pan as a verb (intransitive):

    Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  1. Pan as a noun:

  1. Pan as a verb:

    To join or fit together; to unite.

    Examples:

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  1. Pan as a noun:

    A part; a portion.

  2. Pan as a noun (fortifications):

    The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

  3. Pan as a noun:

    A leaf of gold or silver.

  1. Pan as an adjective (informal):

    Pansexual.