humanize vs alter

humanize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of humanize include change, modify.

humanize (verb)	alter (verb)
make more humane	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