invoke vs request

invoke

verb
  • To call to mind (something) for some purpose. 

  • To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority. 

  • To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute. 

  • To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude. 

  • To conjure up with incantations. 

  • To bring about as an inevitable consequence. 

  • To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance. 

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 invoke and request occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )