Sanguinary vs. Sanguine — What's the Difference?

Accompanied by bloodshed.

Sanguine () or red chalk is chalk of a reddish-brown colour, so called because it resembles the colour of dried blood. It has been popular for centuries for drawing (where white chalk only works on coloured paper).

Eager for bloodshed; bloodthirsty.

Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation

Consisting of blood.

Blood-red.

(of an event) Involving bloodshed.

Bloody or bloodthirsty.

(of a person) Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.

A blood-red colour.

Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood.

Cheerfully confident; optimistic

A bloodthirsty person.

At ease; accepting

The plant common yarrow, or herba sanguinaria (Achillea millefolium).

Having blood as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.

Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle.

Having the temperament and ruddy complexion formerly thought to be characteristic of a person dominated by this humor; passionate.

Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.

Of the color of blood; red.

The yarrow.

Of a healthy reddish color; ruddy

Accompanied by bloodshed;

(literary) Having the colour of blood; blood red.

Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed;

Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours, thought to be marked by irresponsible mirth; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters.

Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.

Warm; ardent.

Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope.

(archaic) Full of blood; bloody.

(archaic) Bloodthirsty.

Blood colour; red.

Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth.

(tincture) A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).

Bloodstone.

Red crayon.

To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.

Having the color of blood; red.

Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.

Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.

Anticipating the best; cheerfully optimistic; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success; a sanguine disposition.

Blood color; red.

Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth.

Bloodstone.

Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.

To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.

Confidently optimistic and cheerful

Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life;