check off vs detail

check off

verb
  • To carry out a decision recorded through the process of checking off an item on a list, including dealing with it, removing it from the possible choices, or removing the not checked items from further consideration. 

  • To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory); to tick off (UK), tick (UK), cross off, strike off. 

  • To deduct union members' dues from their wages. 

detail

verb
  • To assign to a particular task. 

  • To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) (always pronounced. /ˈdiːteɪl/) 

  • To explain in detail. 

noun
  • An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part. 

  • A part considered trivial enough to ignore. 

  • A person's name, address and other personal information. 

  • A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars. 

  • A selected portion of a painting. 

  • A part small enough to escape casual notice. 

  • The small parts that can escape casual notice. 

  • A temporary unit or assignment. 

  • A profusion of details. 

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