wipe up vs soak up

wipe up and soak up both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of wipe up include absorb, draw, imbibe, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up.

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