dread vs foreboding

dread

adj
  • Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded. 

verb
  • To be in dread, or great fear. 

  • To style (the hair) into dreadlocks. 

  • To fear greatly. 

  • To anticipate with fear. 

noun
  • A Rastafarian. 

  • Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror. 

  • Somebody or something dreaded. 

  • Reverential or respectful fear; awe. 

foreboding

adj
  • Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty. 

noun
  • A sense of evil to come. 

  • An evil omen. 

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