barrier vs checkpoint

barrier

verb
  • To block or obstruct with a barrier. 

noun
  • A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others. 

  • A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries. 

  • The lists in a tournament. 

  • A structure that bars passage. 

  • An obstacle or impediment. 

  • A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A. 

  • A boundary or limit. 

checkpoint

verb
  • To set a checkpoint. 

noun
  • A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to. 

  • A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection 

  • A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event. 

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