Downplay vs Trivialize - What's the difference?
downplay | trivialize |
To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
To make something appear trivial.
As verbs the difference between downplay and trivialize
is that downplay is to de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential while trivialize is to make something appear trivial.downplay
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(en verb)- He would sometimes downplay his Princeton education by saying simply that he went to school in New Jersey.