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Obsidian vs Flint - What's the difference?

obsidian | flint |

As nouns the difference between obsidian and flint

is that obsidian is a type of black glass produced by volcanoes while flint is a hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck.

As an adjective obsidian

is black.

As a verb flint is

to furnish or decorate an object with flint.

As a proper noun Flint is

a city in Michigan.

obsidian

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (mineral) a type of black glass produced by volcanoes

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (poetic) black

    • flint

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck.
  • A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark.
  • A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.

    • Derived terms

    * gunflint

    See also

    * chert * ferrocerium

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To furnish or decorate an object with flint.