dread vs fearsome

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. 

fearsome

adj
  • frightening, especially in appearance. 

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