romanticize vs alter

romanticize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of romanticize include change, modify.

romanticize (verb)	alter (verb)
act in a romantic way	remove the ovaries of
make romantic in style	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
interpret romantically	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to