checkpoint vs transition

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. 

transition

verb
  • To make a transition. 

  • To change from one gender role to another, or bring one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity. 

  • To bring through a transition; to change. 

noun
  • A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another. 

  • A published procedure for instrument flight, coming between the departure and en-route phases of flight, or between en-route flight and an approach/landing procedure. 

  • Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educational environment or support program for another to relatively more independent living. 

  • A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion. 

  • Death; passing from life into death. 

  • A change between forward and backward motion without stopping. 

  • The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another. 

  • A change of key. 

  • A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense. 

  • A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes. 

  • The process or act of changing from one gender role to another, or of bringing one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity. 

  • The onset of the final stage of childbirth. 

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