burn up vs wipe out

burn up and wipe out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
burn up	No	No	Yes	No
wipe out	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, wipe out is a hypernym of burn up; that is, wipe out is a word with a broader meaning than burn up:

Other hypernyms of burn up include consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, expend, run through, use, use up.

burn up (verb)	wipe out (verb)
burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire	kill in large numbers
use up (energy)	mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
burn brightly	remove from memory or existence
	wipe out the effect of something
	use up (resources or materials)
	eliminate completely and without a trace