flocculate vs alter

flocculate and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of flocculate include change, modify.

flocculate (verb)	alter (verb)
form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass	remove the ovaries of
cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate	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