boilerplate vs major

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. 

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. 

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

major

adj
  • Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism. 

  • Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree. 

  • Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. 

  • Having a major third above the root. 

  • Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization. 

  • Bell changes rung on eight bells. 

  • Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest. 

  • Of full legal age, having attained majority. 

  • Greater in number, quantity, or extent. 

  • (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect. 

  • Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening. 

  • Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. 

  • Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope. 

  • Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees. 

noun
  • A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie. 

  • An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier. 

  • A system of change-ringing using eight bells. 

  • A touchdown, or major score. 

  • The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university. 

  • A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study. 

  • A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel. 

  • A goal. 

  • A person of legal age. 

  • A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest. 

verb
  • Used in a phrasal verb: major in. 

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