let on vs come out

come out vs let on

let on and come out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
let on	No	No	Yes	No
come out	No	No	Yes	No

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

let on: 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 let on 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.

let on (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
	be issued or published
	break out
	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 let on and come out

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