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Verb downplay has 2 senses
- understate, minimize, minimise, downplay - represent as less significant or important
--1 is one way to inform
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- background, play down, downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
--2 is one way to stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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