fearsome vs scary

fearsome

adj
  • frightening, especially in appearance. 

scary

adj
  • Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened. 

  • Uncannily striking or surprising. 

  • Causing fear or anxiety 

noun
  • Barren land having only a thin coat of grass. 

adv
  • To a scary extent; scarily. 

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