renormalise vs alter

renormalise and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of renormalise include change, modify.

renormalise (verb)	alter (verb)
make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard	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