soak up vs pore

soak up is not a noun while pore is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
soak up	No	No	Yes	No
pore	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pore is a hypernym of soak up; that is, pore is a word with a broader meaning than soak up:

Other hypernyms of soak up include center, centre, concentrate, focus, rivet.

soak up (noun)	pore (noun)
	any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
	a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
	any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)

soak up (verb)	pore (verb)
devote (oneself) fully to	direct one's attention on something
take in, also metaphorically