fright vs terror

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 

terror

noun
  • Intense dread, fright, or fear. 

  • The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction. 

  • A night terror. 

  • Terrorism. 

  • Something or someone that causes such fear. 

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