give away vs spill the beans

spill the beans vs give away

give away and spill the beans both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
give away	No	No	Yes	No
spill the beans	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, spill the beans is a hyponym of give away; that is, spill the beans 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
spill the beans: 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, sing, talk, tattle, reveal.

give away (verb)	spill the beans (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	divulge confidential information or secrets
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 spill the beans

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