Pochoir vs. Stencil

Pochoirnoun

A technique in visual art consisting of applying various stencils (perforated templates).

Stencilnoun

A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface.

Stencilnoun

A utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern on a surface.

Stencilnoun

A pattern produced using such a utensil.

Stencilnoun

A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph.

Stencilverb

To print with a stencil.

Stencilnoun

A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also stencil plate.

Stencilverb

To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.

Stencilnoun

device that has a sheet perforated with printing through which ink or paint can pass to create a printed pattern

Stencilverb

mark or print with a stencil

Stencil

Stencilling produces an image or pattern by applying pigment to a surface under an intermediate object with designed gaps in it which create the pattern or image by only allowing the pigment to reach some parts of the surface. The stencil is both the resulting image or pattern and the intermediate object; the context in which stencil is used makes clear which meaning is intended.