Panhandle vs Grovel - What's the difference?
panhandle | grovel |
The handle of a pan.
(cartography, US) On a map, where a part of a political entity forms a longish extension such that it resembles the handle of a pan, as with a frying pan.
(US) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, by a bum.
To be prone on the ground.
To crawl
To abase oneself before another person.
To be nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.
To take pleasure in mundane activities.
As verbs the difference between panhandle and grovel
is that panhandle is (us) to beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, by a bum while grovel is to be prone on the ground.As a noun panhandle
is the handle of a pan.panhandle
English
Etymology 1
pan + handleNoun
(en noun)- The three counties that form the Oklahoma panhandle were originally part of the Cimmaron Strip.
- The very wide Texas panhandle butts up, at its north, against the Oklahoma panhandle.
- The Florida panhandle is the area west, along the Gulf coast, of the Florida Peninsula.
- Part of Fairfield County, Connecticut consitutes a panhandle, extending into Bronx County, New York.
