bathe vs wash up

bathe

verb
  • To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath. 

  • She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical. 

  • To sunbathe. 

  • To cover or surround. 

  • To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath. 

  • To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid. 

  • To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim. 

noun
  • The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath. 

wash up

verb
  • To wash one's hands and/or face, often around mealtimes. 

  • To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal. 

  • To carry (an object) to land. 

  • To be carried by water to land. 

  • To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere. 

noun
  • The act by which something is washed. 

  • A meeting to gauge the success or failure of an operation or war game. 

  • Something or somebody that is washed up; a has-been. 

How often have the words bathe and wash up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )