complicate vs alter

complicate and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of complicate include change, modify.

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

Other hypernyms of complicate include change, modify.

complicate (verb)	alter (verb)
make more complicated	remove the ovaries of
make more complex, intricate, or richer	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