dissonate vs alter

dissonate and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of dissonate include change, modify.

dissonate (verb)	alter (verb)
cause to sound harsh and unpleasant	remove the ovaries of
be dissonant or harsh	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