boilerplate vs facsimile

boilerplate

noun
  • A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. 

  • 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. 

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. 

facsimile

noun
  • The image sent by the machine itself. 

  • A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network. 

  • A copy or reproduction. 

  • Reproduction in the exact form as the original. 

verb
  • To make a copy of; to reproduce. 

  • To send via a facsimile machine; to fax. 

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