pasta vs manicotti

pasta and manicotti both are nouns.

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

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

pasta: shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
manicotti: large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce

pasta (noun)	manicotti (noun)
shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg	large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce
a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient