Spiky vs Thorny - What's the difference?
spiky | thorny |
having thorns or spines
troublesome or vexatious
* Shakespeare
aloof and irritable
* Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
As adjectives the difference between spiky and thorny
is that spiky is having spikes, spiny while thorny is having thorns or spines.thorny
English
Adjective
(er)- the steep and thorny way to heaven
- 'Come, Jo, don't be thorny . After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'