lubricate vs alter

lubricate and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of lubricate include change, modify.

lubricate (verb)	alter (verb)
make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant	remove the ovaries of
apply a lubricant to	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
have lubricating properties	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to