alarum vs fright

alarum

noun
  • A danger signal or warning. 

  • A call to arms. 

fright

noun
  • A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm. 

  • Someone strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. 

adj
  • frightened; afraid; affright 

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