let out vs come out

come out vs let out

let out and come out both are verbs.

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

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

let out: 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 out 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 out (verb)	come out (verb)
make (clothes) larger	appear or become visible; make a showing
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret	be issued or published
express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)	break out
bring out of a specific state	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

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