boilerplate vs burden

boilerplate

noun
  • The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882). 

  • A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. 

  • Syndicated material. 

  • Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels. 

  • Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on. 

  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

  • A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. 

verb
  • To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse. 

adj
  • Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature. 

  • Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures. 

burden

noun
  • The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace. 

  • A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad. 

  • The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry. 

  • A responsibility, onus. 

  • The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin. 

  • A fixed quantity of certain commodities. 

  • Theme, core idea. 

  • The drone of a bagpipe. 

  • A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive. 

  • The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism. 

  • A heavy load. 

verb
  • To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable). 

  • To encumber with a literal or figurative burden. 

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