refreshen vs alter

refreshen and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of refreshen include change, modify.

refreshen (verb)	alter (verb)
become or make oneself fresh again	remove the ovaries of
make fresh again	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