panhandle vs pass the hat

panhandle

• To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a bum. 

• The handle of a pan. 

• On a map, any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan. 

• The handle that activates an ejector seat. 

pass the hat

• To ask for money, especially from a group of people; to solicit donations or contributions.