Indian vs Oriental

Indian

adj
  • Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies. 

  • Designating any of various chess openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance. 

  • Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas. 

  • Made with Indian corn or maize. 

noun
  • A meal at (or taken away from) an Indian restaurant. 

  • An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik). 

  • Indian cuisine; traditional Indian food. 

  • An Indian restaurant. 

  • A person from India. 

name
  • Any of the (unrelated) languages spoken by American Indians. 

  • Any language spoken by natives of India, especially Hindi. 

Oriental

adj
  • Pertaining to the regions east of the Mediterranean, beyond the Roman Empire or the early Christian world; of the Near East, the Middle East or the Far East, now especially relating to East Asia. 

  • Designating various types of aromatic tobacco grown in Turkey and the Balkans. 

  • Of a pearl or other precious stone: having a superior lustre. 

  • Pertaining to the eastern part of the sky; happening before sunrise. 

noun
  • A precious stone, especially an orient pearl. 

  • A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient. 

  • A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent. 

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