muckrake vs divulge

muckrake and divulge both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
muckrake	No	No	Yes	No
divulge	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, divulge is a hypernym of muckrake; that is, divulge is a word with a broader meaning than muckrake:

muckrake: explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures
divulge: 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 hypernyms of muckrake include break, bring out, disclose, discover, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap.

muckrake (verb)	divulge (verb)
explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures	make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret