bear upon vs alter

bear upon and alter both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bear upon	No	No	Yes	No
alter	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of bear upon include change, modify.

bear upon (verb)	alter (verb)
have an effect upon	remove the ovaries of
	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