homosexual vs sexual orientation

homosexual

noun
  • A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex. 

adj
  • Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.) 

  • Between two people of the same sex; gay. 

sexual orientation

noun
  • One's tendencies of sexual attraction, considered as a whole. 

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