fright vs surprise

fright

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

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

adj
  • frightened; afraid; affright 

surprise

noun
  • The feeling that something unexpected has happened. 

  • Something unexpected. 

verb
  • To attack unexpectedly. 

  • To take unawares. 

  • To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise. 

  • To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected. 

  • To undergo or witness something unexpected. 

  • To cause surprise. 

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