sponge up vs sop up

sponge up and sop up both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of sponge up include absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, suck, suck up, take in, take up.

sponge up (verb)	sop up (verb)
absorb as if with a sponge	take up as if with a sponge
	take in, also metaphorically