soak up vs wipe up

soak up and wipe up both are verbs.

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

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

Other hyponyms of soak up include mop, mop up, blot, sponge up.

soak up (verb)	wipe up (verb)
devote (oneself) fully to	to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
take in, also metaphorically