banquet vs soiree

banquet

noun
  • A ceremonial dinner party for many people. 

  • A large celebratory meal; a feast. 

verb
  • To participate in a banquet; to feast. 

  • To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast. 

soiree

noun
  • A formal evening party. 

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