shading vs crosshatch

shading and crosshatch both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shading	Yes	No	No	No
crosshatch	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, crosshatch is a hyponym of shading; that is, crosshatch is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shading:

shading: graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting
crosshatch: shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

Other hyponyms of shading include hachure, hatch, hatching.

shading (noun)	crosshatch (noun)
a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades	shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting

shading (verb)	crosshatch (verb)
	shade with multiple crossing lines