suspend vs alter

suspend and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of suspend include change, modify.

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

Other hypernyms of suspend include change, modify.

suspend (verb)	alter (verb)
stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it	remove the ovaries of
cause to be held in suspension in a fluid	become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
make inoperative or stop	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
hang freely	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.	make an alteration to
render temporarily ineffective