muckrake vs reveal

muckrake and reveal both are verbs.

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

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

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

muckrake (verb)	reveal (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
	make manifest
	disclose directly or through prophets