guideword vs keyword

guideword

noun
  • A word that is printed at the top or bottom of the page in a reference work, in order to help readers find a specific entry. 

  • A watchword; a word or phrase that serves as one's guide. 

  • Any of the words in a memo or email that define metadata regarding the message, such as sender, recipient, and subject. 

keyword

noun
  • Any important word in a text or document, which may be linked to other words or other information, or at least merely listed in the metadata for searches to find. 

  • A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function, etc. 

  • Any word used as the key to a code. 

  • Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal. 

  • Any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information. 

verb
  • To tag with keywords, as for example to facilitate searching. 

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