let on vs come out of the closet

come out of the closet vs let on

let on and come out of the closet both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
let on	No	No	Yes	No
come out of the closet	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of let on 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.

let on (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

Difference between let on and come out of the closet

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.