tell on vs bear upon

tell on and bear upon both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tell on	No	No	Yes	No
bear upon	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, bear upon is a hypernym of tell on; that is, bear upon is a word with a broader meaning than tell on:

Other hypernyms of tell on include affect, bear on, impact, touch, touch on.

tell on (verb)	bear upon (verb)
produce an effect or strain on somebody	have an effect upon
give away information about somebody