setose vs bristly

setose and bristly both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, setose and bristly are synonyms defined as:

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

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

setose (adjective)	bristly (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