whoop it up vs celebrate

whoop it up and celebrate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
whoop it up	No	No	Yes	No
celebrate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, celebrate is a hypernym of whoop it up; that is, celebrate is a word with a broader meaning than whoop it up:

whoop it up: celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
celebrate: have a celebration

Other hypernyms of whoop it up include fete.

whoop it up (verb)	celebrate (verb)
celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities	have a celebration
	behave as expected during of holidays or rites
	assign great social importance to