disable vs alter

disable and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of disable include change, modify.

disable (verb)	alter (verb)
injure permanently	remove the ovaries of
make unable to perform a certain action	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