confide vs divulge

confide and divulge both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confide	No	No	Yes	No
divulge	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, divulge is a hypernym of confide; that is, divulge is a word with a broader meaning than confide:

confide: reveal in private; tell confidentially
divulge: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Other hypernyms of confide include break, bring out, disclose, discover, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap.

confide (verb)	divulge (verb)
reveal in private; tell confidentially	make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
confer a trust upon