inquiry vs reply

inquiry

noun
  • The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning. 

  • Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation 

reply

verb
  • To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer. 

  • To act or gesture in response. 

  • To repeat something back; to echo. 

noun
  • Something given in reply. 

  • A counterattack. 

  • A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer. 

  • The answer of a figure. 

  • A written or spoken response; part of a conversation. 

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