alter vs branch out

alter and branch out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alter	No	No	Yes	No
branch out	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, branch out is a hyponym of alter; that is, branch out is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than alter:

alter: become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
branch out: vary in order to spread risk or to expand

alter (verb)	branch out (verb)
remove the ovaries of	vary in order to spread risk or to expand
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