highlight

Noun

• an area of lightness in a picture

• the most interesting or memorable part
  • the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican
    

Verb

• apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent
  • highlight the area above your eyebrows
    

• move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
  • The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  highlighting , high spot , foreground , spotlight , play up
• Antonyms: 
  background , play down , downplay