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Spiny vs Piny - What's the difference?

spiny | piny |

As adjectives the difference between spiny and piny

is that spiny is covered in spines or thorns while piny is of, pertaining to, or having many pines.

As a noun spiny

is .

spiny

English

Adjective

(er)
  • covered in spines or thorns
  • troublesome; difficult or vexing
  • * Bishop Warburton
    • the spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy
  • Like a spine in shape; slender.
  • * Chapman
    • Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping.

    Synonyms

    * (covered in spines) thorny, prickly * (troublesome) thorny, prickly

    Noun

    (spinies)
    • (Webster 1913)

    Related terms

    * spine

    piny

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of, pertaining to, or having many pines
    • ---- ==Wik-Mungkan==

    Noun

    (head)
  • father's elder sister
    • Wik-Mungkan nouns