rouse vs alter

rouse and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of rouse include change, modify.

rouse (verb)	alter (verb)
cause to become awake or conscious	remove the ovaries of
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
force or drive out	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
become active	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to