fear vs guts

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. 

guts

noun
  • One's innermost feelings. 

  • The center of the field. 

  • Courage; determination. 

  • Content, substance. 

  • The entrails or contents of the abdomen. 

  • The essential, core parts. 

  • The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre. 

verb
  • To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out). 

  • To eat greedily. 

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