cry vs watchword

cry

noun
  • A shout or scream. 

  • A desperate or urgent request. 

  • Words shouted or screamed. 

  • A group of hounds. 

  • A clamour or outcry. 

  • A shedding of tears; the act of crying. 

  • A typical sound made by the species in question. 

verb
  • To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do. 

  • To shed tears; to weep. 

  • To shout, scream, yell. 

  • To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping. 

  • To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly. 

  • To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc. 

  • Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage. 

watchword

noun
  • A word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle, belief, or rule of action; a rallying cry. 

  • A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies. 

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