boilerplate vs motive

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. 

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. 

motive

noun
  • A motif. 

  • A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated. 

  • An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action. 

  • Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. 

verb
  • To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move. 

adj
  • Relating to motion and/or to its cause 

  • Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move 

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