hue vs alter

hue is a noun but alter is not a noun.

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

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

Other hypernyms of hue include change, modify.

hue (noun)	alter (noun)
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

hue (verb)	alter (verb)
suffuse with color	remove the ovaries of
take on color or become colored	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