prominence vs limelight

prominence and limelight both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prominence	Yes	No	No	No
limelight	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of prominence include glare, public eye, spotlight, salience, saliency, strikingness.

prominence (noun)	limelight (noun)
relative importance or fame	a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings	a focus of public attention
the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent