confuse vs alter

confuse and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of confuse include change, modify.

confuse (verb)	alter (verb)
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred	remove the ovaries of
mistake one thing for another	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
assemble without order or sense	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
cause to feel embarrassment	make an alteration to