pasta vs solid food

pasta and solid food both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pasta	Yes	No	No	No
solid food	Yes	No	No	No

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

pasta: shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
solid food: any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment

Other hypernyms of pasta include food.

pasta (noun)	solid food (noun)
shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg	any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient