Difference between Minimize and Belittle

MINIMIZE vs BELITTLE: VERB

Represent as less significant or important
Make small or insignificant
To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.
To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.
Cause to seem less serious; play down
Belittle

Cause to seem less serious; play down
Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
Express a negative opinion of
Belittle
To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.

To reduce to the smallest possible amount, extent, size, or degree.
To represent as having the least degree of importance, value, or size.
To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.
To represent, to oneself or others, as of no importance or minimal importance or effect; to belittle or disarage.

To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.
To cause to seem little or smaller than something else.
To represent or speak of as unimportant or contemptible: : disparage.

To reduce to a minimum, or to the lowest terms or proportions; make as little or slight as possible; also, to depreciate; treat slightingly: as, to minimize the chances of war. Also spelled minimise.
Cause to seem less serious
Play down

To make small or smaller; reduce in proportion or extent.
To cause to appear small; depreciate; lower in character or importance; speak lightly or disparagingly of.
Play down
Cause to seem less serious

Lessening, Counteract, Avoiding, Mitigating, Prevent, Reducing, Alleviate, Avoid, Reduce, Lessen, Mitigate, Derogate, Denigrate, Belittle, Understate

Devalue, Underestimate, Smear, Undermine, Malign, Discredit, Downplay, Trivialize, Pick at, Find fault with, Minimize, Derogate, Diminish, Disparage, Denigrate

Minimal, Lessening, Counteract, Avoiding, Mitigating, Prevent, Reducing, Avoid, Reduce, Lessen, Mitigate, Derogate, Denigrate, Belittle, Understate

Overlook, Devalue, Underestimate, Smear, Undermine, Malign, Discredit, Downplay, Trivialize, Pick at, Minimize, Derogate, Diminish, Disparage, Denigrate

What can I do to minimize more quickly?
Contains soluble and insoluble fiber to minimize bloating.
The merchant is bound to minimize his damages.
Other steps were taken to minimize collateral damage.
Storing your food correctly will also minimize frost.
It is extremely important to prevent or minimize heat loss, or if in a desert environment, to minimize water loss.
History of Environmental Protect our system and minimize outages Minimize any adverse environmental impacts regulations possible, and and the public.
Ideally minimize all three, but the cheapest is not the lightest the most energy efficient; minimizing minimize the others.
Future challenges for the development of radiolabeled antibodies and peptides will notably be to minimize these toxicities, in particular to minimize renal failure.
This project will investigate innovative materials, designs, and manufacturing methods to minimize production cost, minimize weight, and maintain the relevant performance requirements.

Posts that belittle others will not be tolerated.
My point was NOT to belittle your training.
And yet, how can they belittle this Revelation?
Do not belittle other sections of the community.
Do not name call, condescend, or belittle others.
Beard did not belittle the people of America.
Inexperienced negotiators tend to belittle unfamiliar cultural practices.
He just likes to belittle people, especially women.
To belittle, learning rightly used would be to belittle the food we eat and the air we breathe.
We who have yet a little span of life left had better belittle ourselves than to belittle those who have gone before us.