boilerplate vs static

boilerplate

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. 

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. 

static

noun
  • Static electricity. 

  • Interference or obstruction from people. 

  • A static caravan. 

  • Verbal abuse. 

  • A static variable. 

  • Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television. 

adj
  • Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion. 

  • Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime. 

  • Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance. 

  • Unchanging; that cannot or does not change. 

  • Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement. 

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