destabilize vs alter

destabilize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of destabilize include change, modify.

destabilize (verb)	alter (verb)
make unstable	remove the ovaries of
become unstable	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