apprehension vs fright

apprehension

noun
  • Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future. 

  • Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea. 

  • The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding. 

  • The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing. 

  • Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment 

  • The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest. 

fright

noun
  • A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm. 

  • Someone strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. 

adj
  • frightened; afraid; affright 

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