wash vs pan

wash and pan both are nouns.

wash and pan both are verbs.

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

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

wash: separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
pan: wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

Other hyponyms of wash include pan off, pan out.

wash (noun)	pan (noun)
any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out	shallow container made of metal
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)	cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
a thin coat of water-base paint
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

wash (verb)	pan (verb)
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water	express a totally negative opinion of
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking	wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent	make a sweeping movement
make moist
wash or flow against
form by erosion
wash by removing particles
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
clean with some chemical process
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
move by or as if by water
be capable of being washed
admit to testing or proof

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