hotcake vs pancake

hotcake and pancake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hotcake	Yes	No	No	No
pancake	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hotcake and pancake are synonyms defined as:

hotcake and pancake: a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

Other synonyms of hotcake include battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake.

hotcake (noun)	pancake (noun)
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle	a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle