dish the dirt vs speak

dish the dirt and speak both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dish the dirt	No	No	Yes	No
speak	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, speak is a hypernym of dish the dirt; that is, speak is a word with a broader meaning than dish the dirt:

dish the dirt: wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
speak: exchange thoughts; talk with

Other hypernyms of dish the dirt include talk.

dish the dirt (verb)	speak (verb)
wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies	express in speech
	exchange thoughts; talk with
	use language
	give a speech to
	make a characteristic or natural sound