bristled vs thorny

bristled and thorny both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bristled	No	Yes	No	No
thorny	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, bristled and thorny are synonyms defined as:

bristled and thorny: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

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

bristled (adjective)	thorny (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.
	bristling with perplexities