The difference between Pan and Tin

When used as nouns, pan means a wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking, whereas tin means a malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol sn.

When used as verbs, pan means to wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold), whereas tin means to place into a tin in order to preserve.

When used as adjectives, pan means pansexual, whereas tin means made of tin.


check bellow for the other definitions of Pan and Tin

  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:

    "rfquotek Halliwell"

  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.

  1. Tin as a noun (uncountable):

    A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.

  2. Tin as a noun (NZ, British, countable):

    An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.

  3. Tin as a noun (countable):

    A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.

    Examples:

    "muffin tin"

    "roasting tin"

  4. Tin as a noun (countable, squash):

    The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.

  5. Tin as a noun (slang, dated, uncountable):

    money

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Beaconsfield"

  6. Tin as a noun (slang, uncountable):

    Computer hardware.

  1. Tin as an adjective:

    Made of tin.

  2. Tin as an adjective:

    Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.

  1. Tin as a verb (transitive):

    To place into a tin in order to preserve.

  2. Tin as a verb (transitive):

    To cover with tin.

  3. Tin as a verb (transitive):

    To coat with solder in preparation for soldering.