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Divulge vs. Reveal — What's the Difference?

Divulge vs. Reveal — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Divulge and Reveal

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Divulge

To make known (something private or secret).

Reveal

To make known (something concealed or unknown)
She revealed that she was pregnant. The study revealed the toxic effects of the pollutant.

Divulge

(Archaic) To proclaim publicly.

Reveal

To cause to be seen; show
The curtains parted, revealing a ballerina. The x-ray revealed a broken bone.

Divulge

(transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
I will never divulge that secret to anyone.
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Reveal

To make known by supernatural or divine means
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven" (Romans 1:18).

Divulge

To indicate publicly; to proclaim.

Reveal

The making known of an important, secret, or salient occurrence, such as the revealing of a major development, plot twist, or visual effect in a movie
"Seeing [the Wiz] in human form in the first act diminishes the power of the reveal in the second" (Bob Verini).

Divulge

To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; - said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.
Divulge not such a love as mine.

Reveal

The part of the side of a window or door opening that is between the outer surface of a wall and the window or door frame.

Divulge

To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
God . . . marksThe just man, and divulges him through heaven.

Reveal

The whole side of such an opening; the jamb.

Divulge

To impart; to communicate.
Which would not be
To them [animals] made common and divulged.

Reveal

The framework of a motor vehicle window.

Divulge

To become publicly known.

Reveal

The outer side of a window or door frame.

Divulge

Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;
The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
The actress won't reveal how old she is
Bring out the truth
He broke the news to her

Reveal

A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.
The comedian had been telling us about his sleep being disturbed by noise. Then came the reveal: he was sleeping on a bed in a department store.

Reveal

(transitive) To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.

Reveal

(transitive) To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.

Reveal

To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.
Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown,She might not, would not, yet reveal her own.

Reveal

Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency).

Reveal

A revealing; a disclosure.

Reveal

The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb.

Reveal

Make visible;
Summer brings out bright clothes
He brings out the best in her
The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings

Reveal

Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;
The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
The actress won't reveal how old she is
Bring out the truth
He broke the news to her

Reveal

Make clear and visible;
The article revealed the policies of the government

Reveal

Disclose directly or through prophets;
God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind

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