The difference between Cinnabar and Mercury
When used as nouns, cinnabar means a deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, hgs, whereas mercury means a silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol hg.
Cinnabar is also adjective with the meaning: of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cinnabar and Mercury
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Cinnabar as a noun:
A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
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Cinnabar as a noun:
A bright red colour tinted with orange.
Examples:
"color paneA35B4E"
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Cinnabar as a noun (countable):
A species of moth, , having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
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Cinnabar as a noun:
"Cinnabar Panacea"; the Elixir of Life.
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Cinnabar as an adjective:
Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
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Mercury as a noun (science, historical):
A metal. A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg. One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. Ambient pressure or temperature (from the use of mercury in barometers and thermometers). Liveliness, volatility.
Examples:
"The mercury there has averaged 37.6C, 2.3C above the February norm."
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Mercury as a noun (US, regional):
A plant. An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; , . A similar edible plant, , otherwise known as English mercury or . The poison oak or poison ivy.