apple vs edible fruit

apple and edible fruit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
apple	Yes	No	No	No
edible fruit	Yes	No	No	No

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

apple: fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
edible fruit: edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh

Other hypernyms of apple include false fruit, pome.

apple (noun)	edible fruit (noun)
fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh	edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits