outlook vs looking at

outlook and looking at both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
outlook	Yes	No	No	No
looking at	Yes	No	No	No

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

outlook: the act of looking out
looking at: the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look

Other hypernyms of outlook include look, looking.

outlook (noun)	looking at (noun)
the act of looking out	the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look
belief about (or mental picture of) the future
a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations