bristly vs briery

bristly and briery both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, bristly and briery are synonyms defined as:

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

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

bristly (adjective)	briery (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.
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