boilerplate vs ditto

boilerplate

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. 

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. 

ditto

verb
  • To make a copy using a ditto machine. 

  • To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc. 

adv
  • As said before, likewise. 

intj
  • Used as an expression of agreement with what another person has said, or to indicate that what they have said equally applies to the person being addressed. 

noun
  • The ditto mark, 〃; a symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated. 

  • That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise. 

  • A suit of clothes of the same colour throughout. 

  • A duplicate or copy of a document, particularly one created by a spirit duplicator. 

  • A copy; an imitation. 

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