dumplings vs pasta

dumplings and pasta both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of dumplings include alimentary paste.

dumplings (noun)	pasta (noun)
small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough	shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
	a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient