open up vs reveal

open up

verb
  • To reveal oneself; to share personal information about oneself; to become communicative. 

  • Synonym of cheat out (“to face or turn toward the audience more than would be natural”) 

  • To begin running, driving, travelling, etc., at maximum speed. 

  • To commence firing weapons. 

  • To rain. 

  • To open. 

  • To widen. 

reveal

verb
  • To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden. 

  • To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction. 

noun
  • The outer side of a window or door frame. 

  • A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story. 

How often have the words open up and reveal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )