war cry vs shibboleth

war cry and shibboleth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
war cry	Yes	No	No	No
shibboleth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shibboleth is a hypernym of war cry; that is, shibboleth is a word with a broader meaning than war cry:

Other hypernyms of war cry include catchword, motto, slogan.

war cry (noun)	shibboleth (noun)
a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle	a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people
a slogan used to rally support for a cause	a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual