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Unshaven vs Prickly - What's the difference?

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Unshaven is a related term of prickly.


As adjectives the difference between unshaven and prickly

is that unshaven is not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed while prickly is covered with sharp points.

unshaven

English

Adjective

(-)
  • not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed.
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    • She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
  • (figurative) unkempt

    • prickly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered with sharp points.
    • Prickly pear is a cactus, you have to peel it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin.
  • Easily irritated.
    • He has a prickly personality. He doesn't get along with people because he is easily set off.
  • difficult, hairy, complicated

    • Synonyms

    * (covered with sharp points) thorny, spiny

    Derived terms

    * prickly comfrey * prickly glasswort * prickly heat * prickly saltwort * prickly sculpin * prickly shield fern * prickly tang