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Griddle vs Pan - What's the difference?

griddle | pan |

As a noun griddle

is a flat plate of metal used for cooking.

As a verb griddle

is to use a griddle, to cook on a griddle.

As a numeral pan is

five.

griddle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flat plate of metal used for cooking.
  • *1871 , Louisa May Alcott, :
  • *:Such a clatter as the little spoon made, and such a beating as the batter got, it quite foamed, I assure you; and when Daisy poured some on to the griddle , it rose like magic into a puffy flapjack that made Demi's mouth water.
  • *1894 , Lance Rawson, :
  • *:Some people when making scones do not trouble to light the oven but use the frying pan: of course if you have a griddle it is better than oven or pan, but very few people possess this useful utensil.

    • Derived terms

    *like a hen on a hot griddle

    Related terms

    * grid * gridiron

    Verb

  • To use a griddle, to cook on a griddle.

    • Anagrams

    *

    pan

    Translingual

    (wikipedia Pan)

    Proper noun

    • Hypernyms

    * (genus) (Hominidae Hypernyms); Homininae - subfamily; Hominini - tribe; Panina - subtribe

    Hyponyms

    * (genus) Pan paniscus'', ''Pan troglodytes - species

    External links

    * (Chimpanzee) * ("Pan" species on Wikimedia) * (comcatlite) ----