revolutionize vs alter

revolutionize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of revolutionize include change, modify.

revolutionize (verb)	alter (verb)
change radically	remove the ovaries of
fill with revolutionary ideas	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
overthrow by a revolution, of governments	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to