reveal vs uncover

reveal and uncover both are verbs.

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

As verbs, reveal and uncover are synonyms defined as:

reveal and uncover: 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 synonyms of reveal include break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, unwrap.

As verbs, uncover is a hyponym of reveal; that is, uncover is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than reveal:

Other hyponyms of reveal include disclose, expose, excavate, unearth, trot out, unfold.

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

reveal: disclose directly or through prophets
uncover: 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 reveal include break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap.

reveal (verb)	uncover (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	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	remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
disclose directly or through prophets	reveal to view as by removing a cover