emphasis vs understatement

emphasis

noun
  • Special attention or prominence given to something. 

  • The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants. 

  • Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important. 

  • The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text. 

  • Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type. 

understatement

noun
  • A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect. 

  • An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information. 

  • An instance of such phrasing or lack of emphasis. 

How often have the words emphasis and understatement occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )