wed vs wive

wed is an adjective but wive is not an adjective.

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

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

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

wed (adjective)	wive (adjective)
having been taken in marriage

wed (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