Difference between Homosexual and Homophile

HOMOSEXUAL vs HOMOPHILE: NOUN

A person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.
A homosexual person; a gay man or a lesbian.
Someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex

Someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex

Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex.
Sexually attracted primarily to other members of the same sex. Either a male androphile or a female gynephile. Sometimes used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.
Pertaining to homosexuality, as a relationship, an attraction, a desire, etc.
Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
Sexually attracted to members of your own sex

Gay or lesbian.
Actively concerned with the rights of gay men or lesbians.
Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one's own gender; used to emphasize love over sex.
Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement that used this term in English.
Homosexual or arousing homosexual desires

Heterosexual, Tribadistic, Transvestic, Pederastic, Paederastic, Sapphic, Butch, Transvestite, Homoerotic, Homophile, Queer, Transsexual, Homo, Lesbian, Gay

Nontheistic, Homophobic, Closeted, Censorious, Masculinist, Feminist, Nonracist, Assimilationist, Pansexual, Lesbian, Religionist, Antifeminist, Homosexual, Queer, Gay

Heterosexual, Tribadistic, Transvestic, Pederastic, Paederastic, Sapphic, Butch, Transvestite, Homoerotic, Homophile, Queer, Transsexual, Homo, Lesbian, Gay

Nontheistic, Homophobic, Closeted, Censorious, Masculinist, Feminist, Nonracist, Assimilationist, Pansexual, Lesbian, Religionist, Antifeminist, Homosexual, Queer, Gay

Homosexual characters are predominantly seen in movies with issues regarding sexuality and the character is presented as homosexual.
Even if we accept that some people are born homosexual, does this make homosexual acts morally right?
Da Vinci thus develops a passive homosexual fantasy, and these were the motivations behind his homosexual leanings.
As a sinful human being, the homosexual is accountable to God for homosexual thoughts, words and deeds.
Homosexual acts are sinful, they say, but a homosexual orientation is not inherently unrighteous.
Catechism, which says that while homosexual orientation is not sinful homosexual acts are.
Virtually homosexual: Technoromanticism, demarginalisation and identity formation among homosexual males.
Muslim tradition of accommodating homosexual impulses, if not homosexual identity.
These homosexual relationships were often not with other homosexual persons.
Kinse and homosexual inclinations to an exclusively homosexual orientation.

Any demonstrations held by homophile organizations were orderly and polite, but these demonstrations had little impact for they were ignored by the media.
Marie was a founding member of the Hamilton McMaster Homophile Association and the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario.
Stonewall activists sought to articulate a more radical position removed from the image of respectability homophile organizations sought to cultivate.
She was a therapist at the Homophile Community Health Service and the Gender Identity Service.
Homophile Movement, Gay Liberation, and ACT UP, among other activist movements.
Some suggest the word "homophile" for such a person.