machete vs panga

machete and panga both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
machete	Yes	No	No	No
panga	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, machete and panga are synonyms defined as:

machete and panga: a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation

Other synonyms of machete include matchet.

machete (noun)	panga (noun)
a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation	a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation