barbellate vs prickly

barbellate and prickly both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, barbellate and prickly are synonyms defined as:

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

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

barbellate (adjective)	prickly (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