Emphasizing
Emphasizing noun - The act of giving special importance or significance to something.
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Synonyms for Emphasizing
Play up and emphasizing are semantically related. in stress topic. In some cases you can use "Play up" instead a verb "Emphasizing".
Play up
Play up verb - To indicate the importance of by centering attention on.
Emphasizing and play up are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Emphasizing" with "Play up", this verbs are similar.
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Related pairs
- dwell on and emphasizing
- dwell on and play up
- stress and emphasizing
- stress and play up
- insist on and emphasizing
- insist on and play up
- accent and emphasizing
- accent and play up
- foreground and emphasizing
- foreground and play up
- underline and emphasizing
- underline and play up
- point out and emphasizing
- point out and play up
Both terms in one sentence
- Luffy himself is an example — fan art tends to play up his cute looks to unbelievable levels, emphasizing the adorableness of his wide, Moe eyes and his childish nature.
Source: Wimpification - Fictional works tend to play up his size while still emphasizing his skill and ability, resulting in this trope.
Source: Creator / Babe Ruth
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