bespeak vs stand for

bespeak

verb
  • To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour. 

  • To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest; allude to. 

  • To speak up or out; exclaim; speak. 

  • To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss. 

  • To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance. 

stand for

verb
  • To advocate, to support 

  • To mean; to symbolize; to represent 

  • To tolerate 

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