plasticize vs alter

plasticize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of plasticize include change, modify.

plasticize (verb)	alter (verb)
make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer	remove the ovaries of
become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added	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