incise vs groove

incise is not a noun while groove is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
incise	No	No	Yes	No
groove	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of incise include notch, scrape, scratch, scratch up, slit, worry, deaden, girdle.

incise (noun)	groove (noun)
	a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
	(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
	a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

incise (verb)	groove (verb)
make an incision into by carving or cutting	hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
	make a groove in, or provide with a groove