pan vs pannikin

pan and pannikin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pan	Yes	No	Yes	No
pannikin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pannikin is a hyponym of pan; that is, pannikin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pan:

Other hyponyms of pan include bain-marie, dishpan, drip pan, warming pan.

pan (noun)	pannikin (noun)
shallow container made of metal	a small pan or cup (usually of tin)
cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

pan (verb)	pannikin (verb)
express a totally negative opinion of
wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
make a sweeping movement