Pan is a alternative form of paan.

As nouns the difference between paan and pan

is that paan is a psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia while pan is a wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.

As a proper noun Pan is

greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes. His Roman counterpart is Faunus.

As an acronym PAN is

acronym of lang=en.

As a verb pan is

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

As an adjective pan is

pansexual.