roomie vs roommate

roomie

noun
  • A roommate. 

roommate

noun
  • A person with whom one shares a room, as at university, etc. 

  • A person sharing the same home (but generally not a family member or spouse). 

  • A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship. 

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