as opposed to vs versus

as opposed to

prep
  • in contrast to, rather than, instead of; particularly used in defining a concept by providing an example that does not fall inside the concept. 

versus

prep
  • Compared with, as opposed to. 

  • Against; in opposition to. 

  • Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like). 

How often have the words as opposed to and versus occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )