misdirect vs alter

misdirect and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of misdirect include change, modify.

misdirect (verb)	alter (verb)
put a wrong address on	remove the ovaries of
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to