give away vs come out of the closet

come out of the closet vs give away

give away and come out of the closet both are verbs.

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

As verbs, come out of the closet is a hyponym of give away; that is, come out of the closet 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 of the closet: to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

Other hyponyms of give away 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.

give away (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
give away information about somebody
make a gift of
formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father

Difference between give away and come out of the closet

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