saturate vs alter

alter vs saturate

saturate and alter both are verbs.

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

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

saturate: cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
alter: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

Other hypernyms of saturate include change, modify.

saturate (verb)	alter (verb)
cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance	remove the ovaries of
infuse or fill completely	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

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