Difference between Minimize and Belittle

What is the difference between Minimize and Belittle?

Minimize as a verb is to make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible. while Belittle as a verb is to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.

Minimize

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible. To cause a window to disappear without closing the program or file or discarding any data.

Example sentence: So let us call genocide, genocide. Let us not minimize the deliberate murder of 1.5 million people. Let us have a moral victory that can shine as a light to all nations.

Belittle

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.

Example sentence: When we censor our history by disguising our scars, we belittle this process and the struggles our ancestors fought so hard to overcome. America doesn't cower behind political correctness. It defiantly and courageously moves forward, with its history as a reminder of where we have been.

We hope you now know whether to use Minimize or Belittle in your sentence.

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