different between cinnabar vs vermillion

English

Etymology

From Middle English cynabare [mid-15^th c.], from Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek ????????? (kinnábari), from perhaps Arabic ?????????? (zinjafr), related to Persian ?????? (šangarf) from Old Persian ???????????????????????????? (s-i-k-b-ru-u-š /siⁿkabruš/, “carnelian”) , of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s? ?-n?-bär, IPA^(key): /?s?n?b??/

  (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?s?.n?.ba?(?)/

  (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?.n?.b??/

Noun

cinnabar (countable and uncountable, plural cinnabars)

1. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.

   Synonym: (obsolete) æthiops mineral

2. A bright red colour tinted with orange.

3. (countable) A species of moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.

   Synonym: cinnabar moth
4. (in “Cinnabar Panacea”) The Elixir of Life.

Translations

Adjective

cinnabar (comparative more cinnabar, superlative most cinnabar)

1. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

Derived terms

• cinnabar moth
• hypercinnabar
• metacinnabar

Translations

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}
• mercury

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Cinnabar”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “cinnabar”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
• cinnabar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Noun

vermillion (countable and uncountable, plural vermillions)

1. Alternative spelling of vermilion

Adjective

vermillion (comparative more vermillion, superlative most vermillion)

1. Alternative spelling of vermilion

Verb

vermillion (third-person singular simple present vermillions, present participle vermillioning, simple past and past participle vermillioned or vermillion'd)

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of vermilion

Usage notes

• Some authorities^[who?] view this as a misspelling; others consider it a valid but perhaps dated alternative.
• It is entered as a second-listed spelling without prejudice or usage note in major dictionaries.
• The Oxford English Dictionary online includes 23 citations of the noun or adjective with this spelling, ranging in date from 1597 to 1865, as well as nine citations of the verb from 1656 to 1849.
• About 30% of the usage of vermilion/vermillion in the US (COCA) is in this spelling. In modern British usage, this spelling is rare (only 2 publications in the BNC, out of thousands).
• Only the one-L spelling appears in Webster's 1828, 1841 and 1913 dictionaries.

Derived terms

• Vermillion County

References

Further reading

• vermillion at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Morinville