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               Text B

               The top six synonyms for ‘awe’ in the English Historical Book Collection corpus (books from 1473
               to 1800) and ‘awesome’ in the English Web 2015 corpus (texts collected from the internet in 2015)


                                            ‘awe’                    ‘awesome’
                                         1473–1800                      2015

                                            dread                     amazing
                                          reverence                   fantastic

                                          veneration                 wonderful
                                          admiration                 incredible

                                         aſtoniſhment                   cool

                                            terrour                     nice
































































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