petrified vs transfixed

petrified

adj
  • Extremely afraid. 

  • Having undergone the process of petrification (transformation into a stony substance). 

transfixed

adj
  • Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized. 

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