dumpling vs pasta

dumpling and pasta both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of dumpling include alimentary paste.

dumpling (noun)	pasta (noun)
small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough	shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry	a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient