gear up vs alter

alter vs gear up

gear up and alter both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gear up	No	No	Yes	No
alter	No	No	Yes	No

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

gear up: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
alter: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

Other hypernyms of gear up include change, modify.

gear up (verb)	alter (verb)
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc	remove the ovaries of
	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

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