come out vs appear

come out and appear both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
come out	No	No	Yes	No
appear	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, appear is a hypernym of come out; that is, appear is a word with a broader meaning than come out:

As verbs, come out and appear are synonyms defined as:

As verbs, appear is a hypernym of come out; that is, appear is a word with a broader meaning than come out:

come out (verb)	appear (verb)
appear or become visible; make a showing	come into sight or view
be issued or published	be issued or published
break out	come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
come out of	appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal	give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
be made known; be disclosed or revealed	(of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent
to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality	present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
bulge outward
make oneself visible; take action
drop out
result or end