clerihew vs verse

clerihew and verse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clerihew	Yes	No	No	No
verse	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, verse is a hypernym of clerihew; that is, verse is a word with a broader meaning than clerihew:

clerihew: a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person
verse: a piece of poetry

Other hypernyms of clerihew include rhyme.

clerihew (noun)	verse (noun)
a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person	a piece of poetry
	a line of metrical text
	literature in metrical form

clerihew (verb)	verse (verb)
	familiarize through thorough study or experience
	compose verses or put into verse