Checkup versus Check up

What is the Difference Between Checkup and Check Up?


When to Use Checkup

A checkup is a secondary appointment. This word is a noun. People go to their doctors for a medical checkup or to a financial advisor for a retirement planning checkup.

Here are a few more examples,

  • “Before you leave, we should schedule you for a checkup in about six months,” said the receptionist.
  • I sent my boss an email letting him know that I would be in at noon today, after my checkup.

    The plural form of checkup is checkups. The adjective form of this word is check-up. An appointment used for the purpose of checking up would be called a check-up appointment.

    When to Use Check Up

    Check up is a verb phrase. It means to review or monitor progress, usually to ensure that something is still going as planned or to watch for warning signs.

    A doctor might check up on her patients during her daily rounds to ensure that their health is improving as expected or a girlfriend might check up on her boyfriend to ensure that he is not flirting with other girls.

    Here are few more examples:

  • Some parents like to visit school to check up on their children and make sure they are safe and happy.
  • Ellie scrolled through the text messages on Henry’s phone to make sure he wasn’t still talking to his ex-girlfriend, Julia.

    Summary

    Is it checkup or check up? Despite their similar spellings, these words are all used as different parts of speech.

    A checkup is an event where reviewing or monitoring takes place.
    To check up is to review or monitor something
    The hyphenated adjective check-up describes such an event.


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