courtesy vs fear

courtesy

noun
  • Willingness or generosity in providing something needed. 

  • A curtsey. 

  • The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife. 

  • A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice. 

  • Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence. 

  • Polite behavior. 

adj
  • Supplied free of charge. 

  • Given or done as a polite gesture. 

fear

noun
  • A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat. 

  • Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns. 

  • A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone. 

adj
  • Able; capable; stout; strong; sound. 

verb
  • To regret. 

  • To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for. 

  • To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm. 

  • To venerate; to feel awe towards. 

  • To feel fear. 

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