constitutionalize vs alter

constitutionalize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of constitutionalize include change, modify.

constitutionalize (verb)	alter (verb)
incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional	remove the ovaries of
take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
provide with a constitution, as of a country	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to