Rub and Soaking up

Rub verb - To damage or diminish by continued friction.

Soaking up and rub are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Soaking up" with "Rub", this verbs are similar.

Soaking up noun - (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid.

Rub and soaking up are semantically related in clean by using water and cloth topic. Sometimes you can use "Rub" instead a verb "Soaking up".