barbellate vs spiny

barbellate and spiny both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, barbellate and spiny are synonyms defined as:

barbellate and spiny: 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, prickly, setaceous, setose, thorny.

barbellate (adjective)	spiny (adjective)
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.	having spines
	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.