disclose vs come out of the closet

come out of the closet vs disclose

disclose and come out of the closet both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disclose	No	No	Yes	No
come out of the closet	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, come out of the closet is a hyponym of disclose; that is, come out of the closet is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disclose:

disclose: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
come out of the closet: to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

Other hyponyms of disclose include blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out, out, spring, betray, bewray, confide, leak, babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle, reveal.

disclose (verb)	come out of the closet (verb)
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret	to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
reveal to view as by removing a cover

Difference between disclose and come out of the closet

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