make grow vs alter

make grow and alter both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
make grow	No	No	Yes	No
alter	No	No	Yes	No

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

make grow: cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
alter: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

Other hypernyms of make grow include change, modify.

make grow (verb)	alter (verb)
cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development	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