commercialize vs alter

commercialize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of commercialize include change, modify.

commercialize (verb)	alter (verb)
make commercial	remove the ovaries of
exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality	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