spiny vs thorny

spiny and thorny both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, spiny and thorny are synonyms defined as:

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

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

spiny (adjective)	thorny (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.	bristling with perplexities