pancake vs hot cake

pancake and hot cake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pancake	Yes	No	No	No
hot cake	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pancake and hot cake are synonyms defined as:

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

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

pancake (noun)	hot cake (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