Burning
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A fire.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cause to be consumed by fire.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: So hot as to seem to burn (something). Feeling very hot. Feeling great passion.
Example sentence: No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders.
Combustion
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act or process of burning.A process where two chemicals are combined to produce heat.A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.Violent agitation, tumult.
Example sentence: I think the internal combustion engine will disappear from the streets of our cities in the next thirty years because transportation will be mass transportation, or probably electrical power.