inner city vs eye

inner city and eye both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
inner city	Yes	No	No	No
eye	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

inner city: the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city
eye: an area that is approximately central within some larger region

Other hypernyms of inner city include center, centre, heart, middle.

inner city (noun)	eye (noun)
the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city	a small hole or loop (as in a needle)
	the organ of sight
	good discernment (either visually or as if visually)
	attention to what is seen
	an area that is approximately central within some larger region

inner city (verb)	eye (verb)
	look at