quest vs request

quest

noun
  • The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit. 

  • A short test. 

  • A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission. 

verb
  • To locate and attach to a host animal. 

  • To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job. 

  • To search for something; to seek. 

request

noun
  • Condition of being sought after. 

  • 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). 

  • A formal message requesting something. 

verb
  • To ask (somebody) to do something. 

  • To ask for (something). 

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