lay bare vs reveal

lay bare

verb
  • To expose to view, reveal, uncover. 

  • To make bare; strip. 

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 lay bare and reveal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )