sop up vs ingest

sop up and ingest both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sop up	No	No	Yes	No
ingest	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of sop up include consume, have, take, take in.

sop up (verb)	ingest (verb)
take up as if with a sponge	take up mentally
take in, also metaphorically	serve oneself to, or consume regularly