perplex vs alter

perplex and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of perplex include change, modify.

perplex (verb)	alter (verb)
make more complicated	remove the ovaries of
be a mystery or bewildering to	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