terrible vs fearful

terrible and fearful both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, terrible and fearful are synonyms defined as:

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

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