check off vs identify

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. 

identify

verb
  • To disclose the identity of someone. 

  • To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one. 

  • To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself. 

  • To establish the identity of someone or something. 

  • To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to. 

  • To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way. 

  • To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism. 

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