spiny vs barbellate

spiny and barbellate both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spiny	No	Yes	No	No
barbellate	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, spiny and barbellate are synonyms defined as:

spiny and barbellate: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

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

spiny (adjective)	barbellate (adjective)
having spines	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.