wipe up vs sop up

wipe up and sop up both are verbs.

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

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

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

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