sympathy vs empathy
Definitions
noun
- sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
- an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
- a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other
Examples
Warner wrote from Egypt expressing sympathy for their unfurnished state of affairs, but added, "I would rather fit out three houses and fill them with furniture than to fit out one 'dahabiyeh'.
The US had once looked upon Japanese ambitions with a level of sympathy, even indulgence.
Both were well known in this close-knit community and deepest sympathy is extended to their families.
Definitions
noun
- understanding and entering into another's feelings
Examples
Furthermore, developmental psychologists found evidence that self-recognition correlates with empathy.
Another is that our empathy appears to be limited to those we identify as part of our own family or tribe.
Possibly one of the most compassionate pieces of music ever made, it asks us, no, arranges that we see the plight of what I'll be brutal and call a lovelorn drag queen with such intense empathy that when the singer hurts him, we do too.
