frightening vs fearsome

frightening is a noun but fearsome is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
frightening	Yes	Yes	No	No
fearsome	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, frightening and fearsome are synonyms defined as:

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

frightening (noun)	fearsome (noun)
the act of inspiring with fear

frightening (adjective)	fearsome (adjective)
causing fear or dread or terror	causing fear or dread or terror