unveil vs uncover

unveil and uncover both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of unveil include expose.

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

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

unveil (verb)	uncover (verb)
remove the veil from	make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
remove the cover from	remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
make manifest	reveal to view as by removing a cover