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Vermillion vs Carmine - What's the difference?

vermillion | carmine |

As adjectives the difference between vermillion and carmine

is that vermillion is while carmine is carmine.

As a noun vermillion

is .

As a verb carmine is

.

vermillion

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)

    • Usage notes

    * Some authorities view this as a misspelling; others consider it a valid but perhaps dated alternative. The OED records 23 citations with this spelling, ranging in date from 1597 to 1865. * 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.

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    carmine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives
  • A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

    • Synonyms

    * (pigment) crimson, cochineal,

    Adjective

    (head)
  • of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

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