let on vs reveal

let on and reveal both are verbs.

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

As verbs, let on and reveal are synonyms defined as:

let on and reveal: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Other synonyms of let on include break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let out, uncover, unwrap.

As verbs, reveal is a hyponym of let on; that is, reveal 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
reveal: disclose directly or through prophets

let on (verb)	reveal (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 known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
	make manifest
	disclose directly or through prophets