sop up vs wipe up

sop up and wipe up both are verbs.

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

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

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

sop up (verb)	wipe up (verb)
take up as if with a sponge	to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
take in, also metaphorically