different between awfulness vs fellness

English

From Middle English aghfulnesse, equivalent to awful +? -ness.

awfulness (usually uncountable, plural awfulnesses)

The state or quality of being awful.
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Characters," [1]
  Out came old Teenie, buzzing mad as a whole nest of wasps. Muttered awfulnesses came from her great padded bonnet.
- 1961, Peter De Vries, The Blood of the Lamb, Penguin, 1982, Chapter 3, p. 36,
  "Why is the awfulness of families such a popular reason for starting another?"
The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence
Synonyms: dreadfulness, solemnity
- 1823, Thomas de Quincey, "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth" in On Murder, edited by Robert Morrison, Oxford World's Classics, 2006, p. 3,
  […] the knocking at the gate, which succeeds to the murder of Duncan, produced to my feelings an effect for which I could never account: the effect was—that it reflected back upon the murder a peculiar awfulness and a depth of solemnity […]
the awfulness of this sacred place
The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.

From fell +? -ness.

fellness (uncountable)

The state or quality of being fell; awfulness, horror, cruelty.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:
  For very felnesse lowd he gan to weepe, / And said, Caytiue, cursse on thy cruell hond [...].

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