digitalize vs alter

digitalize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of digitalize include change, modify.

digitalize (verb)	alter (verb)
administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects	remove the ovaries of
put into digital form, as for use in a computer	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