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Saucepan vs Pan - What's the difference?

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Pan is a synonym of saucepan.

Pan is a derived term of saucepan.



As nouns the difference between saucepan and pan

is that saucepan is a deep cooking vessel with a handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces 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.

saucepan

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable, cookware) A deep cooking vessel with a handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.
  • pan

    Translingual

    (wikipedia Pan)

    Proper noun

  • Hypernyms

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

    Hyponyms

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