alimentary paste vs food

alimentary paste and food both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alimentary paste	Yes	No	No	No
food	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, food is a hypernym of alimentary paste; that is, food is a word with a broader meaning than alimentary paste:

alimentary paste: shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
food: any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment

Other hypernyms of alimentary paste include solid food.

alimentary paste (noun)	food (noun)
shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg	any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
	anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
	any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment