prickly vs briery

prickly and briery both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, prickly and briery are synonyms defined as:

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

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

prickly (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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