petulant vs peckish

petulant and peckish both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
petulant	No	Yes	No	No
peckish	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, petulant and peckish are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of petulant include cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, pettish, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy.

petulant (adjective)	peckish (adjective)
easily irritated or annoyed	somewhat hungry
	easily irritated or annoyed