boilerplate vs idiom

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. 

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. 

idiom

noun
  • A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language. 

  • An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style. 

  • A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people. 

  • An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words. 

  • A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc. 

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