muckrake vs give away

muckrake and give away both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
muckrake	No	No	Yes	No
give away	No	No	Yes	No

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

muckrake: explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures
give away: 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, divulge, expose, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap.

muckrake (verb)	give away (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
	give away information about somebody
	make a gift of
	formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father