versify vs metrify

versify and metrify both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
versify	No	No	Yes	No
metrify	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of versify include spondaise, spondaize, elegise, elegize, sonnet.

versify (verb)	metrify (verb)
compose verses or put into verse	convert from a non-metric to the metric system
	compose in poetic meter