ape vs anthropoid ape

ape and anthropoid ape both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ape	Yes	No	Yes	No
anthropoid ape	Yes	No	No	No

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

ape (noun)	anthropoid ape (noun)
any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all	any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae
person who resembles a nonhuman primate
someone who copies the words or behavior of another

ape (verb)	anthropoid ape (verb)
represent in or produce a caricature of
imitate uncritically and in every aspect