verse vs epic poetry

verse and epic poetry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
verse	Yes	No	Yes	No
epic poetry	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, epic poetry is a hyponym of verse; that is, epic poetry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than verse:

Other hyponyms of verse include epos, heroic poetry.

verse (noun)	epic poetry (noun)
a piece of poetry	poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero
a line of metrical text
literature in metrical form

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