dumplings vs wonton

dumplings and wonton both are nouns.

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

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

dumplings: 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 dumplings include gnocchi, matzah ball, matzo ball, matzoh ball, won ton.

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