frightening vs horrific

frightening is a noun but horrific is not a noun.

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

As adjectives, frightening and horrific are synonyms defined as:

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

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

frightening (adjective)	horrific (adjective)
causing fear or dread or terror	causing fear or dread or terror
	grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror