domesticate vs alter

domesticate and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of domesticate include change, modify.

domesticate (verb)	alter (verb)
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable	remove the ovaries of
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to