disturb vs alter

disturb and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of disturb include change, modify.

disturb (verb)	alter (verb)
destroy the peace or tranquility of	remove the ovaries of
damage as if by shaking or jarring	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
tamper with	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
change the arrangement or position of	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
move deeply	make an alteration to