I described the difference between bi and pan to my parents like this, so I hop I didn't screw up

Makes sense

Saying this as a bisexual person, realistically, there isn't any difference in how they want to date and how bisexual people date, it's more so how they view their specific attraction to the sexes

At least that's what I've come to see in bisexual and pansexual people.

from what i understand there isnt much difference between those who call themself pan and those who go by bi. grammaticaly, bi would be two genders (not just m/f ) while pan would be all.