impart vs alter

impart and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of impart include change, modify.

impart (verb)	alter (verb)
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission	remove the ovaries of
transmit (knowledge or skills)	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
bestow a quality on	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to