need vs surfeit

need

verb
  • To want strongly; to feel that one must have something. 

  • To be obliged or required (to do something). 

  • To be required; to be necessary. 

  • To have an absolute requirement for. 

noun
  • Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution. 

  • A requirement for something; something needed. 

surfeit

verb
  • To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively). 

  • To fill (something) to excess. 

  • To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance. 

  • To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something). 

  • To indulge (in something) to excess. 

  • To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something). 

  • To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively). 

  • To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption. 

noun
  • Disgust caused by excess; satiety. 

  • A group of skunks. 

  • A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence. 

  • Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating. 

  • An excessive amount of something. 

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