awaken vs alter

awaken and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of awaken include change, modify.

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