professionalize vs alter

professionalize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of professionalize include change, modify.

professionalize (verb)	alter (verb)
make professional or give a professional character to	remove the ovaries of
become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood	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