dread vs wonder

dread

noun
  • Reverential or respectful fear; awe. 

  • A Rastafarian. 

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

  • Somebody or something dreaded. 

verb
  • To be in dread, or great fear. 

  • To style (the hair) into dreadlocks. 

  • To fear greatly. 

  • To anticipate with fear. 

adj
  • Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded. 

wonder

noun
  • The sense or emotion which can be inspired by something curious or unknown; surprise; astonishment, often with awe or reverence. 

  • Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel. 

  • A kind of donut; a cruller. 

  • Someone very talented at something, a genius. 

  • A mental pondering, a thought. 

  • Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable. 

verb
  • To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at. 

  • To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind. 

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