WordCmp.com

spill the beans vs give away

give away vs spill the beans

spill the beans and give away both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
spill the beans No No Yes No
give away No No Yes No
As verbs, give away is a hypernym of spill the beans; that is, give away is a word with a broader meaning than spill the beans:
  • spill the beans: divulge confidential information or secrets
  • 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 spill the beans include break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap.
spill the beans (verb) give away (verb)
divulge confidential information or secrets 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
Difference between spill the beans and give away

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.