Crosshatching vs. Hatching: What's the Difference?

To mark or shade with two or more intersecting sets of parallel lines.

Fine lines used in graphic arts to show shading.

A pattern made by such lines.

The process of decorating with such lines.

The symbol (#).

A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.

Present participle of crosshatch

A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.

(arts) A method of showing shading by means of multiple small lines that intersect.

The act of an egg hatching, eclosion

A method of indicating terrain on a map by using the same technique.

Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.

In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle.

Present participle of hatch

A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; - called also crosshatching.

The production of young from an egg

Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines