farfalle vs pasta

farfalle and pasta both are nouns.

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

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

farfalle: pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie
pasta: shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg

Other hypernyms of farfalle include alimentary paste.

farfalle (noun)	pasta (noun)
pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie	shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
	a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient