boilerplate vs material

boilerplate

noun
  • Syndicated material. 

  • A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. 

  • 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. 

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. 

material

noun
  • The substance that something is made or composed of. 

  • All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard. 

  • Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book. 

  • Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something. 

  • Text written for a specific purpose. 

  • A sample or specimens for study. 

  • Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric. 

  • An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display. 

  • A person, or people collectively, who are qualified for a certain position or activity. 

adj
  • Significant. 

  • Having to do with matter; consisting of matter. 

  • Worldly, as opposed to spiritual. 

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