request vs signify

request

verb
  • To ask for (something). 

  • To ask (somebody) to do 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. 

signify

verb
  • To give (something) a meaning or an importance. 

  • To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce. 

  • To mean; to betoken. 

  • To make a difference; to matter (in negative or interrogative expressions). 

  • To create a sign out of something. 

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