barbed vs bristly

barbed and bristly both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, barbed and bristly are synonyms defined as:

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

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

barbed (adjective)	bristly (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	very irritable