check off vs exemplify

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. 

exemplify

verb
  • To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal. 

  • To be an instance of or serve as an example. 

  • To prove by such an attested copy or transcript. 

  • To show or illustrate by example. 

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