downplaying, or understating
No. Trifling means lacking in significance or solid worth. "Trifling" is an adjective for something unimportant and "exaggerating" is a verb for making something seem more important than it is.
By exaggerating the truth
exaggerating
The differences between lying and exaggerating is that when you are exaggerate you can go over board but some of it may not be true. But if you tell a lie then you aren't telling the truth.
Exaggerating is another word for stretching the truth
No. Trifling means lacking in significance or solid worth. "Trifling" is an adjective for something unimportant and "exaggerating" is a verb for making something seem more important than it is.
By exaggerating the truth
I was exaggerating when I said it took forever.
No!
"Exaggerating" is a verb. It is the gerund form of the verb "to exaggerate".
exaggerating
It means "you are exaggerating".
Authentic representation or realistic portrayal would be the opposite of caricature when depicting other cultures in works of fiction. This involves presenting diverse cultures accurately and respectfully, without exaggerating or distorting their characteristics for comedic effect or stereotypes.
Mythomania is lying or exaggerating to an abnormal extent.
Stating something as more than it actually is.
When someone makes a situation seem smaller than it is we say they are minimizing the situation, or minimizing the problem. To minimize the situation is the opposite of exaggerating it.
The differences between lying and exaggerating is that when you are exaggerate you can go over board but some of it may not be true. But if you tell a lie then you aren't telling the truth.