clean up vs clean house

clean up and clean house both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clean up	No	No	Yes	No
clean house	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, clean house is a hyponym of clean up; that is, clean house is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clean up:

Other hyponyms of clean up include make, make up, clean, houseclean.

clean up (verb)	clean house (verb)
make oneself clean, presentable or neat	clean and tidy up the house
put (things or places) in order
finish attending to
make a big profit; often in a short period of time