sunburst vs sunlight

sunburst and sunlight both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sunburst	Yes	No	No	No
sunlight	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sunlight is a hypernym of sunburst; that is, sunlight is a word with a broader meaning than sunburst:

Other hypernyms of sunburst include sun, sunshine.

sunburst (noun)	sunlight (noun)
a jeweled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun	the rays of the sun
a design consisting of a central disk resembling the sun and rays emanating from it
a sudden emergence of the sun from behind clouds