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Slogan vs Watchword - What's the difference?

slogan | watchword |

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)
  • (obsolete) A battle cry (original meaning).
  • A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people.
  • *
  • (advertising) A phrase associated with a product, used in advertising.
  • Synonyms

    * advertising slogan * (British) strapline * tagline

    Descendants

    * Czech: (l) * French: * Italian: * Portuguese: * Russian: * Serbo-Croatian:

    Anagrams

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    watchword

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
  • * 1919 , :
  • Atrocities of the most vicious kind were justified by the watchwords : "This is war!" "Might is Right." "Necessity knows no law."
  • a rallying cry
  • See also

    * passphrase * password

    References

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