dumpling vs wonton

dumpling and wonton both are nouns.

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

As nouns, wonton is a hyponym of dumpling; that is, wonton is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dumpling:

dumpling: small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
wonton: a Chinese dumpling filled with spiced minced pork; usually served in soup

Other hyponyms of dumpling include gnocchi, matzah ball, matzo ball, matzoh ball, won ton.

dumpling (noun)	wonton (noun)
small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough	a Chinese dumpling filled with spiced minced pork; usually served in soup
dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry	a soup with won ton dumplings