dread vs fright

dread

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

  • A Rastafarian. 

  • Somebody or something dreaded. 

  • Reverential or respectful fear; awe. 

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. 

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 dread and fright occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )