lasagna vs pasta

lasagna and pasta both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of lasagna include alimentary paste.

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

lasagna: baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables
pasta: a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient

lasagna (noun)	pasta (noun)
very wide flat strips of pasta	shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables	a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient