degauss vs alter

degauss and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of degauss include change, modify.

degauss (verb)	alter (verb)
make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)	remove the ovaries of
	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