different between generate vs boiler

English

Etymology

From Latin gener?tus, perfect passive participle of gener? (“beget, procreate, produce”), from genus (“a kind, race, family”); see genus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??n.?.?e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d??n.?.e?t/

Verb

generate (third-person singular simple present generates, present participle generating, simple past and past participle generated)

1. (transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.

2. (transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.

3. (transitive) To procreate, beget.

4. (transitive, mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.

5. (intransitive) To appear or occur; be generated.
   • 1883, Thomas Hardy, The Three Strangers

     Mrs. Fennel, seeing the steam begin to generate on the countenances of her guests, crossed over and touched the fiddler's elbow and put her hand on the serpent's mouth.

Synonyms

• (to bring into being): create, spawn

Antonyms

• (to bring into being): annihilate, degenerate, extinguish
• (to produce as a result of a chemical or physical process): erase

Derived terms

• regenerate

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• generate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• generate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• green tea, renegate, teen-ager, teenager

Italian

Verb

generate

1. second-person plural present of generare
2. second-person plural present subjunctive of generare
3. second-person plural imperative of generare
4. feminine plural past participle of generare

Anagrams

• argentee, reagente

Latin

Participle

gener?te

1. vocative masculine singular of gener?tus

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??l?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b??l?/
• Rhymes: -??l?(r)
• Hyphenation: boil?er

Etymology 1

boil +? -er

Noun

boiler (plural boilers)

1. A person who boils something.
2. A steam boiler.
3. An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
4. A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.
5. A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food.
6. A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily.
7. A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.
8. (Britain, Australia, slang, derogatory) An old woman.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Dutch: boiler
• ? Japanese: ???? (boir?)

Translations

See also

• steam generator
• water heater

Etymology 2

Shortening of boilerplate

Noun

boiler (plural not attested)

1. (rare, informal) Boilerplate.
   • 1994 May 4, Glenn Nicholas, "Re: Forms4 boilerplate accessible?", in comp.databases.oracle, Usenet:

     While it appears the FRM40_TEXT table is the answer, saving a form with boiler text does not seem to insert into this table.

   • 2003 December 7, Tom Potter, "Re: Why don't more people hate Bush?", in alt.politics.democrats and other newsgroups, Usenet:

     Note that Stuart Grey makes the assertion: "I think rationally on all subjects.", and then proceeds to use the standard boiler tactics and phrases of the people WHO instigate conflict and war.

   • 2007, Jim Casey, "Re: NRA vs Bar Assoc over guns in cars", in tx.guns, Usenet:

     Nearly every employer in my field has similar terms (they all come out of a legal boiler mill somewhere).

   • 2009 March 30, "hughess7" (username), "Re: Mail merge to PDF", in microsoft.public.access, Usenet:

     Just aligning all the paragraphs of 'boiler text' is tedious but trying to insert values in alignment is impossible!

Anagrams

• libero, reboil

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English boiler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?i?.l?r/
• Hyphenation: boi?ler

Noun

boiler m (plural boilers, diminutive boilertje n)

1. water heater

Related terms

• bouillon

Anagrams

• libero

Romanian

Etymology

From German Boiler

Noun

boiler n (plural boilere)

1. water heater

Declension

Scots

Etymology

From the English

Noun

boiler

1. kettle