gaze vs looking

gaze

noun
  • A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention. 

  • In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed. 

verb
  • To stare at. 

  • To stare intently or earnestly. 

looking

noun
  • The act of one who looks; a glance. 

verb
  • as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of. 

  • dorky-looking 

How often have the words gaze and looking occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )