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Do these sound natural and mean almost the same?
They could not reveal how she died.
They could not devulge how she died.
Do these sound natural and mean almost the same?
They could not reveal how she died.
They could not devulge how she died.
They could not reveal how she died.
They could not devulge how she died.
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@fukutaka
Almost the same and in most context they will be interpreted identically.
However the word divulge refers to already known information, whereas reveal might not. It is possible to use reveal in a manner akin to divulge, but it does not work the other way around.
“They could not reveal how she died”
This could mean two different things:
1) They do not know, so therefore cannot tell you.
2) They do know, but are deliberately withholding the information.
“They could not divulge(not devulge) how she died.”
This can ONLY be interpreted as #2 listed above. Never #1.
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