occidentalize vs alter

occidentalize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of occidentalize include change, modify.

occidentalize (verb)	alter (verb)
make western in character	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