sauce vs alter

sauce is a noun but alter is not a noun.

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

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

Other hypernyms of sauce include change, modify.

sauce (noun)	alter (noun)
flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food

sauce (verb)	alter (verb)
add zest or flavor to, make more interesting	remove the ovaries of
dress (food) with a relish	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
behave saucily or impudently towards	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to