request vs spiel

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. 

spiel

verb
  • To talk at length. 

  • To give a sales pitch; to promote by speaking. 

noun
  • A game of curling. 

  • A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade. 

  • An early form of rap music. 

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