check off vs evidence

check off

verb
  • 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 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 deduct union members' dues from their wages. 

evidence

verb
  • To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of. 

noun
  • A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other. 

  • Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. 

  • Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial. 

  • One who bears witness. 

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