disintegrate vs alter

disintegrate and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of disintegrate include change, modify.

disintegrate (verb)	alter (verb)
break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity	remove the ovaries of
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
cause to undergo fission or lose particles	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to