Key Difference: Bisexual is someone who is attracted to both genders, be it a man or a woman. A pansexual is a person who is sexually, romantically or emotionally attracted towards people regardless of their sex or gender identity.

Pansexual and Bisexual are two different terms that refer to sexuality. The most common terms that people are aware of is heterosexuality and homosexuality. Heterosexuality is the most common, hence leading many to label it as “normal” or “the norm” Heterosexuality is when a person is sexually attracted to someone of the opposite sex. For example: a man attracted to a woman, and vice versa.

Homosexuality can be defined by its prefix ‘homo’ which comes from the Greek word ‘homos’ which translates to same. Hence, homosexuality in the most basic definition refers to someone who is sexually attracted to a person of the same sex, i.e. a man is attracted to a man, and a woman is sexually attracted to a woman.

Bisexual has the prefix bi- which is derived from Latin and mean ‘two’. Hence, bisexual roughly mean ‘two-sexual’. Bisexual is someone who is attracted to both genders, be it a man or a woman. However, bisexuals often receive a lot of negativity as they are often untruthfully labeled as someone who is confused or someone who is still trying to make up their minds about whether they are attracted to men or women. Nonetheless, people who themselves associate as bisexuals say this untrue as there are many people who associate themselves as bisexuals through the entirely of their lives, even if they choose not to be open about it.