spiky vs thorny

spiky

adj
  • Having spikes, spiny. 

  • hostile; standoffish 

  • Of hair, erect, resembling spikes. 

thorny

adj
  • Having thorns or spines 

  • Troublesome or vexatious 

  • Aloof and irritable 

How often have the words spiky and thorny occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )