apéritif vs banquet

apéritif

noun
  • An alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser. 

banquet

noun
  • A large celebratory meal; a feast. 

  • A ceremonial dinner party for many people. 

verb
  • To participate in a banquet; to feast. 

  • To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast. 

How often have the words apéritif and banquet occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )