spiritualize vs alter

spiritualize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of spiritualize include change, modify.

spiritualize (verb)	alter (verb)
purify from the corrupting influences of the world	remove the ovaries of
elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
	make an alteration to