boilerplate vs description

boilerplate

noun
  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

description

noun
  • A descriptive linguistic survey. 

  • A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species. 

  • The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage. 

  • A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized. 

  • A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science. 

  • The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. 

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