evil eye vs looking at

evil eye and looking at both are nouns.

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

As nouns, looking at is a hypernym of evil eye; that is, looking at 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 at: the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look

Other hypernyms of evil eye include look, looking.

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