What is different between heterosexuality and homosexuality?

Answer 1

Homosexual and homophile are both outdated, interchangeable words that mean the same thing. The proper word is 'gay'.

Homophile was first used by Karl-Günther Heismoth in his dissertation. In the 50s and 60s it was a common word used to describe gay people and many movements labeled themselves as "homophile movements."

The Greek suffix -phile means love, thus it was a preferred word because it associated gay people with love instead of sex.

Answer 2

Heterosexuality: Attraction to the opposite gender. (ex: man likes woman)

Homosexuality: Attraction to the same gender. (ex: man likes man (gay))

Look at the roots. Homo means same, Hetero means different.

Answer 3

The word "homosexual" is an outdated term for gay people. It is most frequently used today by religious people who oppose LGBT equality.

Most style guides say that the word "homosexual" should never be used as a noun, and when used as an adjective, it should only refer to clinical sexual behavior of human beings, or to the sexual behavior of animals.

Some gay people don't mind the term "homosexual" but for others, it evokes connotations of the era when same-sex sexual activity was considered a mental illness.

Answer 4

Heterosexuality describes a sexual attraction to members of the opposite sex. Homosexuality describes a sexual attraction to members of the same sex.