setaceous vs thorny

setaceous and thorny both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
setaceous	No	Yes	No	No
thorny	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, setaceous and thorny are synonyms defined as:

setaceous and thorny: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

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

setaceous (adjective)	thorny (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.
	bristling with perplexities