Fear
Fear noun - The emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger.
Viciousness and fear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Viciousness" instead a noun "Fear".
Viciousness
Viciousness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Fear and viciousness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fear" instead a noun "Viciousness".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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They come up in various later books - in Galaxy of Fear they're part of a Fed to the Beast threat, in Jedi Apprentice a character who loves the kennels says they're nice enough animals and their viciousness is overstated.
Source: Beast of Battle
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