apricot vs vermilion

apricot

noun
  • A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit. 

  • The junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill. 

  • A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside. 

  • The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca 

  • A dog with an orange-coloured coat. 

adj
  • Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot. 

vermilion

noun
  • A bright orange-red colour. 

  • A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar. 

  • A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women. 

  • The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face. 

adj
  • Having a brilliant red colour. 

  • Having the color of the vermilion dye. 

verb
  • To color or paint vermilion. 

How often have the words apricot and vermilion occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )