The differences between binary semaphore and mutex are:

• Mutex is used exclusively for mutual exclusion. Both mutual exclusion and synchronization can be used by binary.
• A task that took mutex can only give mutex.
• From an ISR a mutex can not be given.
• Recursive taking of mutual exclusion semaphores is possible. This means that a task that holds before finally releasing a semaphore, can take the semaphore more than once.
• Options for making the task which takes as DELETE_SAFE are provided by Mutex, which means the task deletion is not possible when holding the mutex.