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Hatching vs Hitching - What's the difference?

hatching | hitching |

As a noun hatching

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

As a verb hatching

is .

As a proper noun hitching is

.

hatching

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
  • A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
    • We got a good hatching from the Swallowtail eggs.
  • The act of an egg hatching, eclosion

    • Verb

    (head)

    • hitching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is hitched.
  • * 1997 , Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros
    • There are lots of pauses and little detours, hitchings -up of their smocks, inspection of the soles of their feet, some rather overdone limping.