boilerplate vs conventional

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. 

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

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. 

conventional

adj
  • Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd. 

  • Ordinary, commonplace. 

  • In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid. 

  • Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour. 

  • Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction. 

  • Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. 

noun
  • A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal. 

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