conventionalize vs alter

conventionalize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of conventionalize include change, modify.

conventionalize (verb)	alter (verb)
make conventional or adapt to conventions	remove the ovaries of
represent according to a conventional style	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