Coming out and Come out of the closet

Come out of the closet and coming out are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Come out of the closet" instead a verb phrase "Coming out".

Come out of the closet verb - To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality.

Coming out and come out of the closet are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Coming out" with "Come out of the closet", this phrases are similar.