vascularize vs alter

vascularize and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of vascularize include change, modify.

vascularize (verb)	alter (verb)
make vascular	remove the ovaries of
become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids	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