dread vs fright

dread and fright both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dread	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
fright	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fright is a hypernym of dread; that is, fright is a word with a broader meaning than dread:

dread: fearful expectation or anticipation
fright: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

Other hypernyms of dread include fear, fearfulness.

dread (noun)	fright (noun)
fearful expectation or anticipation	an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

dread (adjective)	fright (adjective)
causing fear or dread or terror

dread (verb)	fright (verb)
be afraid or scared of; be frightened of	cause fear in