give away vs sing

sing vs give away

give away and sing both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
give away	No	No	Yes	No
sing	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, sing is a hyponym of give away; that is, sing 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
sing: divulge confidential information or secrets

Other hyponyms of give away include blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come 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, spill the beans, talk, tattle, reveal.

give away (verb)	sing (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 a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
give away information about somebody	divulge confidential information or secrets
make a gift of	to make melodious sounds
formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father	produce tones with the voice
	deliver by singing

Difference between give away and sing

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