shine up vs play up

shine up and play up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shine up	No	No	Yes	No
play up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, shine up and play up are synonyms defined as:

shine up and play up: ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior

Other synonyms of shine up include cotton up, cozy up, sidle up, suck up.

shine up (verb)	play up (verb)
ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior	move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
	ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior