brother vs homie

brother

noun
  • Someone who is a peer, whether male or female. 

  • A form of address to a man. 

  • A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc. 

  • Son of the same parents as another person. 

  • A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother). 

  • Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection. 

  • A black male. 

  • Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch. 

verb
  • To treat as a brother. 

intj
  • Expressing exasperation. 

homie

noun
  • Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown. 

  • A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang. 

  • A boyfriend or partner of a closeted man, used along with "Lil," to mean a bottom and "Big," to mean a top. 

  • An inner-city youth. 

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