barbellate vs barbed

barbellate and barbed both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, barbellate and barbed are synonyms defined as:

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

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

barbellate (adjective)	barbed (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