let on vs confide

let on and confide both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
let on	No	No	Yes	No
confide	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, confide is a hyponym of let on; that is, confide 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
confide: reveal in private; tell confidentially

let on (verb)	confide (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	reveal in private; tell confidentially
	confer a trust upon