Crosshatching vs. Hatching — What's the Difference?

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

Hatching (hachure in French) is an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects by drawing (or painting or scribing) closely spaced parallel lines. (It is also used in monochromatic heraldic representations to indicate what the tincture of a "full-colour" emblazon would be.) When lines are placed at an angle to one another, it is called cross-hatching.

A pattern made by such lines.

Fine lines used in graphic arts to show shading.

The symbol (#).

The process of decorating with such lines.

Present participle of crosshatch

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

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

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

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

The act of an egg hatching, eclosion

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

Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.

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