check off vs recite

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. 

recite

verb
  • To list or enumerate something. 

  • To deliver a recitation. 

  • To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience. 

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