The difference between Hash and Hashtag

When used as nouns, hash means food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together, whereas hashtag means a metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content.

When used as verbs, hash means to chop into small pieces, to make into a hash, whereas hashtag means to label (a message) with a hashtag.


check bellow for the other definitions of Hash and Hashtag

  1. Hash as a noun:

    Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.

  2. Hash as a noun:

    A confused mess.

  3. Hash as a noun (typography):

    The symbol (octothorpe, pound).

  4. Hash as a noun (computing):

    The result generated by a hash function.

  5. Hash as a noun:

    A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.

  6. Hash as a noun:

    A hash run.

  7. Hash as a noun (Scotland):

    A stupid fellow.

  1. Hash as a verb (transitive):

    To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.

  2. Hash as a verb:

    To make a quick, rough version

    Examples:

    "We need to quickly hash up some plans."

  3. Hash as a verb (computing, transitive):

    To transform according to a hash function.

  1. Hash as a noun (informal):

    Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

  1. Hashtag as a noun (Internet):

    A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content.

  2. Hashtag as a noun (internet, informal):

    The hash sign itself.

  1. Hashtag as a verb (transitive, Internet):

    To label (a message) with a hashtag.