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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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