liquify vs alter

liquify and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of liquify include change, modify.

liquify (verb)	alter (verb)
become liquid or fluid when heated	remove the ovaries of
make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating	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