sensing vs looking

sensing and looking both are nouns.

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

As nouns, looking is a hyponym of sensing; that is, looking is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sensing:

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

Other hyponyms of sensing include look, looking at, hearing, listening, lipreading, taste, tasting, smell, smelling.

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

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