splendor vs brightness

splendor and brightness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
splendor	Yes	No	No	No
brightness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, brightness is a hypernym of splendor; that is, brightness is a word with a broader meaning than splendor:

splendor: a quality that outshines the usual
brightness: the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

splendor (noun)	brightness (noun)
a quality that outshines the usual	the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand	the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
	intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty