regale vs request

regale

verb
  • To please or entertain (someone). 

  • To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh. 

  • To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink. 

noun
  • A feast, a meal. 

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