divulge vs reveal

divulge and reveal both are verbs.

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

As verbs, divulge and reveal are synonyms defined as:

divulge and reveal: 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 synonyms of divulge include break, bring out, disclose, discover, expose, give away, let on, let out, uncover, unwrap.

As verbs, reveal is a hyponym of divulge; that is, reveal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than divulge:

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
reveal: disclose directly or through prophets

divulge (verb)	reveal (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	make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
	make manifest
	disclose directly or through prophets