evil eye vs looking

evil eye and looking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
evil eye	Yes	No	No	No
looking	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, looking is a hypernym of evil eye; that is, looking is a word with a broader meaning than evil eye:

evil eye: a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm
looking: the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look

Other hypernyms of evil eye include look, looking at.

evil eye (noun)	looking (noun)
a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm	the act of searching visually
	the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look

evil eye (adjective)	looking (adjective)
	appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms