quell vs request

quell

verb
  • To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit. 

  • To die. 

  • To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. 

noun
  • A subduing. 

  • An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly. 

  • A source, especially a spring. 

request

verb
  • To ask (somebody) to do something. 

  • To ask for (something). 

noun
  • A message sent over a network to a server. 

  • Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence). 

  • Condition of being sought after. 

  • A formal message requesting something. 

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