barbellate vs bristly

barbellate and bristly both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, barbellate and bristly are synonyms defined as:

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

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

barbellate (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.
	very irritable