Slogan vs Watchword - What's the difference?
slogan | watchword |
(obsolete) A battle cry (original meaning).
A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people.
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(advertising) A phrase associated with a product, used in advertising.
a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies
a word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle or rule of action; a maxim, byword
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a rallying cry
As nouns the difference between slogan and watchword
is that slogan is a battle cry (original meaning) while watchword is a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies.slogan
English
(wikipedia slogan)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* advertising slogan * (British) strapline * taglineDescendants
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* ----watchword
English
Noun
(en noun)- Atrocities of the most vicious kind were justified by the watchwords : "This is war!" "Might is Right." "Necessity knows no law."