Empire vs dessert apple

Empire and dessert apple both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Empire	Yes	No	No	No
dessert apple	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dessert apple is a hypernym of Empire; that is, dessert apple is a word with a broader meaning than Empire:

Empire: an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple
dessert apple: an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking

Other hypernyms of Empire include eating apple.

Empire (noun)	dessert apple (noun)
an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple	an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking