boilerplate vs vernacular

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. 

vernacular

noun
  • A language lacking standardization or a written form. 

  • Language unique to a particular group of people. 

  • A style of architecture involving local building materials and styles, not imported. 

  • Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom. 

  • Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin. 

  • The language of a people or a national language. 

adj
  • Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported. 

  • Connected to a collective memory; not imported. 

  • Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom. 

  • Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature. 

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