boilerplate vs consummate

boilerplate

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. 

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

  • Syndicated material. 

  • 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. 

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

consummate

adj
  • Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute. 

  • Supremely skilled and experienced; highly accomplished; fully qualified. 

verb
  • To become perfected, receive the finishing touch. 

  • To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse. 

  • To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish. 

  • To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch. 

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