briery vs bristly

briery and bristly both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, briery and bristly are synonyms defined as:

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

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

briery (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