Watchword vs Catchword - What's the difference?
watchword | catchword | Synonyms |
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 , :
a rallying cry
A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.
A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a party, school, business, or point of view.
Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.
Catchword is a synonym of watchword.
As nouns the difference between watchword and catchword
is that 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 while catchword is a word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.watchword
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Noun
(en noun)- Atrocities of the most vicious kind were justified by the watchwords : "This is war!" "Might is Right." "Necessity knows no law."