Verb downplay has 2 senses
  1. understate, minimize, minimise, downplay - represent as less significant or important
    --1 is one way to inform
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. 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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