dumplings vs alimentary paste

dumplings and alimentary paste both are nouns.

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

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

dumplings: small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
alimentary paste: shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg

Other hypernyms of dumplings include pasta.

dumplings (noun)	alimentary paste (noun)
small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough	shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg