fearful vs awful

fearful and awful both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fearful	No	Yes	No	No
awful	No	Yes	No	Yes

As adjectives, fearful and awful are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of fearful include dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible.

fearful (adjective)	awful (adjective)
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted	offensive or even (of persons) malicious
experiencing or showing fear	causing fear or dread or terror
causing fear or dread or terror	exceptionally bad or displeasing
extremely distressing	extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
timid by nature or revealing timidity	inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
	inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence

fearful (adverb)	awful (adverb)
	used as intensifiers