alcoholize vs alter

alcoholize and alter both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alcoholize	No	No	Yes	No
alter	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, alter is a hypernym of alcoholize; that is, alter is a word with a broader meaning than alcoholize:

Other hypernyms of alcoholize include change, modify.

alcoholize (verb)	alter (verb)
make alcoholic, as by fermenting	remove the ovaries of
treat or infuse with alcohol	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
subject to the influence of alcohol	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to