awesome 更强调“敬畏”包含一种尊重敬仰的感觉， 而aweful 更强调“可怕，糟糕” 请看例句：

1）The church in Ireland has

always exercised an awesome power.

爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。

2）Her injuries were massive. It was awful.

她遍体鳞伤。太可怕了。

另外，awesome 常用于口语中表“真棒". 望采纳。