desire vs preference

desire

verb
  • To require; to demand; to claim. 

  • To miss; to regret. 

  • To want emotionally or sexually. 

  • To want; to wish for earnestly. 

  • To express a wish for; to entreat; to request. 

  • To put a request to (someone); to entreat. 

noun
  • Someone or something wished for. 

  • Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual. 

  • The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something. 

  • Motivation. 

preference

verb
  • To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to. 

noun
  • The option to so select, and the one selected. 

  • The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of") 

  • The state of being preferred over others. 

  • Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe. 

  • A strong liking or personal valuation. 

  • A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination. 

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