allegorize vs alter

allegorize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of allegorize include change, modify.

allegorize (verb)	alter (verb)
make into an allegory	remove the ovaries of
interpret as an allegory	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to