check off vs remark

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. 

remark

verb
  • To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of, to perceive. 

  • To express in words or writing; to state, as an observation. 

  • To make a remark or remarks on, to comment on (something). 

noun
  • make a remark 

  • A casual observation, comment, or statement 

  • An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something 

  • An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation. 

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