give away vs come out

come out vs give away

give away and come out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
give away	No	No	Yes	No
come out	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, come out is a hyponym of give away; that is, come out is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than give away:

give away: 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: to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

Other hyponyms of give away include blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out of the closet, 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.

give away (verb)	come out (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	appear or become visible; make a showing
give away information about somebody	be issued or published
make a gift of	break out
formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father	come out of
	take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
	be made known; be disclosed or revealed
	to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
	bulge outward
	make oneself visible; take action
	drop out
	result or end

Difference between give away and come out

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