fearful vs terrible

fearful and terrible both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, fearful and terrible are synonyms defined as:

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

fearful (adjective)	terrible (adjective)
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted	causing fear or dread or terror
experiencing or showing fear	extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
causing fear or dread or terror	intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
extremely distressing	exceptionally bad or displeasing
timid by nature or revealing timidity