marry vs wive

marry and wive both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
marry	No	No	Yes	No
wive	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of marry include inmarry, mismarry, intermarry, remarry.

marry (verb)	wive (verb)
take in marriage; married	provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife
perform a marriage ceremony	marry a woman, take a wife
	take (someone) as a wife