lend vs alter

lend and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of lend include change, modify.

lend (verb)	alter (verb)
give temporarily; let have for a limited time	remove the ovaries of
bestow a quality on	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to