request vs would like

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. 

would like

verb
  • To want; to desire (used to form polite requests, suggestions etc.). 

  • Used to form polite requests 

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