a nosebleed is a condition. "wipe" requires either a literal physical object, or an analogy to one.
Wit_and_Logic•
I'd "staunch" a nosebleed, then wipe my nose, and clean the rest of my face.
HatdanceCanada•
It is a fancy word, but I love it! “Stanch”. As in stanch the bleeding. Holding a towel against a cut or pinching your nose. “I had to stanch her nosebleed on our first date.”
SnooDonuts6494•
Neither. You staunch the bleed, then clean up the mess. Wipe up the blood.
KiteeCatAus•
You stop a nosebleed, then clean or wipe up any blood.
dontknowwhattomakeit•
I would not say “wipe” or “clean” with “nosebleed”. I’d maybe say something like “I need to stop my nosebleed”.
But, honestly, that’s a bit odd to me too. I’d probably just say “My nose is bleeding. I need to get some tissues”. Something like that.
tiger_guppy•
I pinch my nose, or hold my nose when I have a nosebleed. Maybe I hold a tissue on my nose. I wipe my nose when I have some snot coming out of it. I clean my face or nose if it’s got something on it, such as blood.
TheDotCaptin•
I've never had one before. But I remember hearing that you should not "blow" your nose.
Don't know if that is actually correct, or if it was just a frequent statement used by others.
Ddreigiau•
You try to stop a nosebleed (stop the bleeding)
Then you wipe off the blood if you just perform a quick wiping action to clean it.
Or you clean up/off the blood if you do anything more vigorous than wiping, including scrubbing. Note: wiping is also cleaning, so you can still say "clean" if you only wipe it up, but cleaning can include other things.
Also note: "wipe" is pretty literal, and so you only "wipe **up**" if you are removing dirtiness from the top of a horizontal surface (because it's being lifted up). "Wipe down" is less literal, and includes all kinds of wiping. "Wipe off" is removing something from any surface, and "wipe on" is contextual - it may be talking about applying a substance, or it may be referring to the rag or whatever you are using to wipe with.
"Clean up" is nonliteral, and can be used for any kind of cleaning (including organizing), while "clean off" is specifically any kind of cleaning that involves removing stuff from a surface (generally not the floor)
shutupimrosiev•
You can "stop" a nosebleed, then "clean" the blood off by "wiping" your nose.
Pandaburn•
You wipe your nose.
Medical-Isopod2107•
I stick a piece of toilet paper up my nose to catch the blood
Maxwellxoxo_•
You can’t “wipe” a condition (unless you mean “get rid of”.) You can wipe the blood though
JeyDeeArr•
I stop the nosebleed, I wipe the blood off, and clean my face.
Confident_Seaweed_12•
How is wiping not cleaning?
t90fan•
Neither, you "stop" it
Standard_Pack_1076•
You wipe or clean your nose, not your nosebleed.
Disastrous-Mess-7236•
You stop a nosebleed. Then you clean up the blood.
basetornado•
You wouldn't say clean, you would only say wipe or stop or variations on those words. Clean you wouldn't use in conjunction with the word "nosebleed", you would use it with "blood" instead.
Nose is bleeding and they want it to not bleed. "They stopped their nosebleed."
Nose is still bleeding or has stopped and they're clearing it, but not cleaning it off completely. "They wiped their nosebleed."
Nose has stopped bleeding and they're removing any blood around their nose. "They cleaned the blood from around their nose".
HeavySomewhere4412•
You stop your nosebleed by pinching your nose. Then you can wipe or clean any blood that came out afterwards.
Zestyclose_Ad_1186•
I've only heard people say wipe your nose. Adding bleed on the end of that sounds weird, though it wouldn't exactly be wrong.
nottoday943•
What sounds natural is to "wipe your nose" and "clean your nosebleed". The added "bleed" creates a stronger reference for something unhygienic that needs to be cleaned
CorgiKnits•
I would say that after the nosebleed stops, you “wipe the blood from your face” and save “clean” for anything that blood got on (clothes, couch, floor, etc).