demoralize vs alter

demoralize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of demoralize include change, modify.

demoralize (verb)	alter (verb)
confuse or put into disorder	remove the ovaries of
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to