beautify vs alter

beautify and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of beautify include change, modify.

beautify (verb)	alter (verb)
make more beautiful	remove the ovaries of
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
be beautiful to look at	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to