transform vs metricise

transform and metricise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
transform	No	No	Yes	No
metricise	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of transform include metricize, diagonalise, diagonalize.

transform (verb)	metricise (verb)
change or alter in form, appearance, or nature	convert from a non-metric to the metric system
change from one form or medium into another	express in the metric system
subject to a mathematical transformation
change in outward structure or looks
increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
convert (one form of energy) to another