vivify vs alter

vivify and alter both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of vivify include change, modify.

vivify (verb)	alter (verb)
give new life or energy to	remove the ovaries of
make more striking or animated	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