burning vs lighting

burning and lighting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
burning	Yes	Yes	No	No
lighting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lighting is a hyponym of burning; that is, lighting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than burning:

Other hyponyms of burning include arson, fire-raising, incendiarism, firing, ignition, inflammation, kindling, incineration.

burning (noun)	lighting (noun)
the act of burning something	the act of setting something on fire
execution by electricity	the craft of providing artificial light
execution by fire	apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film
a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin	having abundant light or illumination
a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

burning (adjective)	lighting (adjective)
of immediate import