couscous vs alimentary paste

couscous and alimentary paste both are nouns.

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

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

couscous: a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina
alimentary paste: shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg

Other hypernyms of couscous include pasta.

couscous (noun)	alimentary paste (noun)
a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina	shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
a spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew