guideword vs sentinel

guideword

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

  • 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. 

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

sentinel

noun
  • A sentry, watch, or guard. 

  • A unique string of characters recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way; a keyword. 

  • A sentinel crab. 

  • A sign of a health risk (e.g. a disease, an adverse effect). 

verb
  • To post as guard. 

  • To post a guard for. 

  • To watch over as a guard. 

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