alight vs go down

alight is an adjective but go down is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alight	No	Yes	Yes	No
go down	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, go down is a hypernym of alight; that is, go down is a word with a broader meaning than alight:

Other hypernyms of alight include come down, descend, fall.

alight (adjective)	go down (adjective)
lighted up by or as by fire or flame

alight (verb)	go down (verb)
come down	grow smaller
to come to rest, settle	stop operating
	be defeated
	be ingested
	go under
	disappear beyond the horizon
	move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
	be recorded or remembered