urbanize vs alter

urbanize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of urbanize include change, modify.

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

Other hypernyms of urbanize include change, modify.

urbanize (verb)	alter (verb)
make more industrial or city-like	remove the ovaries of
impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon	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