fire-raising vs burning

fire-raising and burning both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fire-raising	Yes	No	No	No
burning	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, burning is a hypernym of fire-raising; that is, burning is a word with a broader meaning than fire-raising:

Other hypernyms of fire-raising include combustion.

fire-raising (noun)	burning (noun)
malicious burning to destroy property	the act of burning something
	execution by electricity
	execution by fire
	a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
	a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
	pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

fire-raising (adjective)	burning (adjective)
	of immediate import