bristly vs spiny

bristly and spiny both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, bristly and spiny are synonyms defined as:

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

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

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