supercharge vs alter

supercharge and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of supercharge include change, modify.

supercharge (verb)	alter (verb)
increase the pressure on a gas or liquid	remove the ovaries of
increase or raise	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