barbed vs bristled

barbed and bristled both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
barbed	No	Yes	No	No
bristled	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, barbed and bristled are synonyms defined as:

barbed and bristled: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Other synonyms of barbed include barbellate, briary, briery, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny.

barbed (adjective)	bristled (adjective)
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
capable of wounding