boilerplate vs cluster

boilerplate

noun
  • Syndicated material. 

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

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

  • 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. 

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. 

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

cluster

noun
  • A group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other. 

  • A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, bundle, or lexical bundle. 

  • A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before. 

  • A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast. 

  • A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block). 

  • An ensemble of bound atoms or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid. 

  • A group of computers that work together. 

  • A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob. 

  • A clusterfuck. 

  • A subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a distinct group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant. 

  • A group of consonants. 

  • A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other. 

  • A secundal chord of three or more notes. 

verb
  • To cover with clusters. 

  • To collect into clusters. 

  • To form a cluster or group. 

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