prickly vs barbed

prickly and barbed both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prickly	No	Yes	No	No
barbed	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, prickly and barbed are synonyms defined as:

prickly and barbed: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

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

prickly (adjective)	barbed (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	capable of wounding