uncover vs spill the beans

spill the beans vs uncover

uncover and spill the beans both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
uncover	No	No	Yes	No
spill the beans	No	No	Yes	No

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

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
spill the beans: divulge confidential information or secrets

Other hyponyms of uncover include blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out, come out of the closet, out, spring, betray, bewray, confide, leak, babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, talk, tattle, reveal.

uncover (verb)	spill the beans (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	divulge confidential information or secrets
remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
reveal to view as by removing a cover

Difference between uncover and spill the beans

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