looking vs sensing

looking and sensing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
looking	Yes	Yes	No	No
sensing	Yes	No	No	No

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

looking: the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look
sensing: becoming aware of something via the senses

Other hypernyms of looking include perception.

looking (noun)	sensing (noun)
the act of searching visually	becoming aware of something via the senses
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look	the perception that something has occurred or some state exists

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