gaze vs outstare

gaze is a noun but outstare is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gaze	Yes	No	Yes	No
outstare	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, outstare is a hyponym of gaze; that is, outstare is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gaze:

Other hyponyms of gaze include outface, stare down, stargaze, mug.

gaze (noun)	outstare (noun)
a long fixed look

gaze (verb)	outstare (verb)
look at with fixed eyes	overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring