Check vs. Review — What's the Difference?

To stop or restrain.

To examine or assess critically.

A pattern of squares.

A formal assessment of something.

Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something

A ceremonial inspection of military forces.

Stop or slow the progress of (something, typically something undesirable)

To survey or study again.

(of a passenger) consign (baggage) to the care of the transport provider with whom they are travelling

A review is an evaluation of a publication, service, or company such as a movie (a movie review), video game (video game review), musical composition (music review of a composition or recording), book (book review); a piece of hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer; or softwares such as business software, sales softwares; or an event or performance, such as a live music concert, play, musical theater show, dance show or art exhibition. In addition to a critical evaluation, the review's author may assign the work a rating to indicate its relative merit.

Mark or click on (a box) in order to select a particular option on a form, questionnaire, etc.

To look over, study, or examine again

Move a piece or pawn to a square where it attacks (the opposing king)

To consider retrospectively; look back on

(in poker) choose not to make a bet when called upon, allowing another player to do so instead.

To examine with an eye to criticism or correction

(of a hound) pause to make sure of or regain a scent.

To write or give a critical report on (a new work or performance, for example).

An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition

(Law) To evaluate (a decision made by or action taken by a lower court) to determine whether any error was made.

A stopping or slowing of progress

To subject to a formal inspection, especially a military inspection.

A move by which a piece or pawn directly attacks the opponent's king and by which the king may be checkmated.

To go over or restudy material

US spelling of cheque

To write critical reviews, especially for a newspaper or magazine.

A token of identification for left luggage.

A reexamination or reconsideration.

A counter used as a stake in a gambling game.

A retrospective view or survey.

Another term for tick (sense 1 of the noun)

A restudying of subject matter.

A part of a piano which catches the hammer and prevents it retouching the strings.

An exercise for use in restudying material.

A crack or flaw in timber.

A report or essay giving a critical estimate of a work or performance.

A pattern of small squares

A periodical devoted to articles and essays on current affairs, literature, or art.

Expressing assent or agreement.

An inspection or examination for the purpose of evaluation.

Used by a chess player to announce that the opponent's king has been placed in check.

A formal military inspection.

Having a checked pattern

A formal military ceremony held in honor of a person or occasion.

The act or an instance of inspecting or testing something, as for accuracy or quality

(Law) An evaluation conducted by a higher court of a decision made or action taken by a lower court to determine whether any error was made.

A standard for inspecting or evaluating; a test

A musical show consisting of often satirical skits, songs, and dances; a revue.

A check mark.

A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.

A ticket or slip of identification

An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.

A bill at a restaurant or bar.

(legal) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.

A chip or counter used in gambling.

A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.

Something that stops or slows down motion, action, or expression; a restraint

A survey of the available items or material.

The condition of being stopped or held back; restraint

A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.

A stopping or slowing down of something

A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.

(Sports) The act of blocking or impeding an opponent with the puck in ice hockey, either with one's body or one's stick.

A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.

A written order to a bank to pay the amount specified from funds on deposit; a draft.

To survey; to look broadly over.

A pattern of small squares, as on a chessboard.

To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.

One of the squares of such a pattern.

To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.

A fabric patterned with squares

To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.

A move in chess that directly attacks an opponent's king but does not constitute a checkmate.

(obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.

The position or condition of a king so attacked.

(obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.

A small crack; a chink.

To view or see again; to look back on.

(Games) Used to declare that a chess opponent's king is in check.

To go over and examine critically or deliberately.

(Informal) Used to express agreement or understanding.

To retrace; to go over again.

To inspect so as to determine accuracy, quality, or other condition; test

To look back; to make a review.

To verify by consulting a source or authority

A second or repeated view; a reëxamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.

To put a check mark on or next to

An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.

To arrest or slow the motion or progress of

A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.

To hold in restraint; curb

A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.

(Baseball) To stop (the swing of the bat) in an attempt to avoid swinging at a pitch that is out of the strike zone

An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.

(Sports) To block or impede (an opposing player with the ball or puck), as in ice hockey, by using one's body or one's stick.

The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.

To deposit or consign for safekeeping or shipment

A lesson studied or recited for a second time.

(Games) To move in chess so as to put (an opponent's king) under direct attack.

A new appraisal or evaluation

To make cracks or chinks in

An essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)

To make an examination or investigation; inquire

A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

To be verified or confirmed; pass inspection

(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data

To agree point for point; correspond

A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians

(Sports) To block or impede an opposing player with the ball or puck, as in ice hockey.

A periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art

To come to an abrupt halt; stop

A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

To write a check on a bank account.

(law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)

To undergo cracking in a pattern of checks, as paint does.

Practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory

To place a chess opponent's king in check.

A formal or official examination;

In certain card games, to announce that one is declining the option of making a bet.

Look at again; examine again;

To pause to relocate a scent. Used of hunting dogs.

Appraise critically;

To abandon the proper game and follow baser prey. Used of trained falcons.

Hold a review (of troops)

(chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece. 14

Refresh one's memory;

An inspection or examination.

Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events, etc.); remember;

A control; a limit or stop.

To look over or revisit.

(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.

(US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.

(US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.

A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.

A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.

A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.

A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.

(falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. 15

A small chink or crack.

A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

Any fabric woven with such a pattern.

To inspect; to examine.

To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).

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 control, limit, or halt.

To verify or compare with a source of information.

To leave in safekeeping.

To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.

To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.

(sports) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.

(poker) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.

(chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.

To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

(nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.

To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.

To make a stop; to pause; with at.

(obsolete) To clash or interfere.

To act as a curb or restraint.

(falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.

(transitive) To mark with a check pattern.

(heraldry) Divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move.

A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check.

Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff.

A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad.

A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below.

A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure.

The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.

Small chick or crack.

To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.

To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.

To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy.

To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.

To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber.

To leave (something) in the temporary custody of another; as, to check baggage; to check one's firearms at the door; to check one's coat at the cloakroom.

To accept (something) for temporary custody from another; as, to check a customer's baggage; to check a customer's coat.

To make a checkered pattern upon.

To make a stop; to pause; - with at.

To clash or interfere.

To act as a curb or restraint.

To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.

Checkered; designed in checks.

A written order directing a bank to pay money;

An appraisal of the state of affairs;

The bill in a restaurant;

The state of inactivity following an interruption;

Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct;

The act of inspecting or verifying;

A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.;

Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

A textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard);

The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;

Obstructing an opponent in ice hockey

(chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king

Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition;

Make an examination or investigation;

Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something;

Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;

Stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution;

Put a check mark on or next to;

Slow the growth or development of;

Be verified or confirmed; pass inspection;

Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics;

Block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey

Train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control;

Consign for shipment on a vehicle;

Hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping;

Abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey, of falcons

Stop in a chase especially when scent is lost;

Mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on

Decline to initiate betting

Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;

Place into check;

Write out a check on a bank account

Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;

Verify by consulting a source or authority;

Arrest the motion (of something) abruptly;

Make cracks or chinks in;

Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;

To examine swiftly to confirm correctness.

A written order directing a bank to pay money.

An act of verifying or testing.

No, while both involve examination, "check" is quicker and "review" is more in-depth.

No, a performance review evaluates the quality and effectiveness of someone's work.

Typically, "review" is more appropriate for detailed examinations.

No, to "review" answers means to go over them in detail, perhaps to ensure correctness.

Yes, "check" can refer to a pattern of squares, like on a cloth.

The main purpose of a review is to critically examine and evaluate something.

No, a book review evaluates its content, style, and impact.

Yes, "check" can mean to restrain or stop, like in sports.

Not necessarily. "Checking in" often means reporting one's presence, like at a hotel.

Not directly. Checkmarks are symbols indicating something has been verified or "checked" off.