desensitise vs alter

desensitise and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of desensitise include change, modify.

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

Other hypernyms of desensitise include change, modify.

desensitise (verb)	alter (verb)
make insensitive	remove the ovaries of
cause not to be sensitive	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