As proper nouns the difference between pan and tim

is that pan is greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes. His Roman counterpart is Faunus while Tim is a male given name, a diminutive form of Timothy and, very rarely, of Timon.

As an acronym PAN

is acronym of lang=en.

As a noun pan

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

As a verb pan

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

As an adjective pan

is pansexual.

As an initialism TIM is

time Interval Meter.