kindling vs burning

kindling and burning both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of kindling include combustion.

kindling (noun)	burning (noun)
the act of setting something on fire	the act of burning something
material for starting a fire	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

kindling (adjective)	burning (adjective)
	of immediate import