govern vs standardise

govern and standardise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
govern	No	No	Yes	No
standardise	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, standardise is a hyponym of govern; that is, standardise is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than govern:

govern: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
standardise: cause to conform to standard or norm

Other hyponyms of govern include standardize, district, zone.

govern (verb)	standardise (verb)
exercise authority over; as of nations	cause to conform to standard or norm
direct or strongly influence the behavior of	evaluate by comparing with a standard
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood