alert vs danger signal

alert

noun
  • An alarm. 

  • A state of readiness for potential combat. 

  • A notification of higher importance than an advisory. 

adj
  • Attentive; awake; on guard. 

verb
  • To give warning to. 

danger signal

noun
  • A signal set at danger and showing a red light or other stop indication, which a train driver must not pass until it changes or until manually cleared past the signal by a dispatcher. 

  • An indication that a potentially bad or dangerous situation could develop. 

How often have the words alert and danger signal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )