let on vs spill the beans

spill the beans vs let on

let on and spill the beans both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
let on	No	No	Yes	No
spill the beans	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, spill the beans is a hyponym of let on; that is, spill the beans 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
spill the beans: divulge confidential information or secrets

Other hyponyms of let on 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.

let on (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

Difference between let on and spill the beans

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