cannelloni vs pasta

cannelloni and pasta both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cannelloni	Yes	No	No	No
pasta	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pasta is a hypernym of cannelloni; that is, pasta is a word with a broader meaning than cannelloni:

cannelloni (noun)	pasta (noun)
tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese	shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
	a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient