- 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