One suggests a multitude of different appearances, the other suggests the over all appearance of many things, so it really depends on what you're referring to, but in general you would say 'by the look of things'.
If you say, "the car looks black" you mean it literally, that the car appears to have the colour black. The figurative expression "Things are looking black" means that the situation looks unfavourable or bad.
When someone looks in the mirror they do not see themselves as others do. Every person has a different perception of how people look. When you look in the mirror, you see your left eye on the left but when other people look at you, they see your left eye on their right so yes, the image is somewhat flipped.
Red apples, red roses, and red fire trucks are examples of things that sound red and also look red.
Glasses make things look smaller by bending light rays as they enter the eye, which changes the way the brain perceives the size of objects.
Vain people look in the mirror frequently to check and admire their physical appearance. They are often preoccupied with their looks and seek validation and reassurance from their own reflection.
it looks like a cube with things on it
They look like a number a different things, there are loads of them!
Nasty little things
zloty looks like a church cantelope with purple things
First and foremost:MONOGOMY Then:Hygiene, humor, looks,and sexiness
it looks like an hourglass with like pole things on the side.
You are imagining things.
when to look or looks
Ellie and Grant said the park looks like a resort and a zoo.
Hereunder many examples about the use of look (name):Have a look or take a look at this.....He gave her a pleased look.I had a good look at it.Let me have a ,look at you.To cast a look at someone.Referring to the appearance or expression:The town has a European look.He had a look of pleasure.What does he look like?He looks very sad.To judge by look.By the look of things (or of it).Referring to beauty or loveliness:She had look but no money.About that of looks (third person singular of the verb to look)Present tense:he looks at her but he doesn't' recognize the girl.Business looks promising.She looks about thirty.He looks the other way.Imperative tense:Look sharp!Look before you leap!Now look here!Look where you are going.
He looks for an honest open soul. He looks for kind girls, nice girls and all things that appeal under the Nice Column.
he looks for kindness, being pretty. smartness, honest. i listed all of the things that i am.