pasta vs cannelloni

pasta and cannelloni both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of pasta include spaghetti, lasagna, lasagne, macaroni and cheese.

pasta (noun)	cannelloni (noun)
shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg	tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese
a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient