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Sympathy is similar to commiseration: you feel for someone who is going though something difficult or painful.

Empathy, on the other hand, is the capacity to put yourself in someone else's shoes and understand that person's feelings, state of mind, etc.

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What is the deference between sympathy and empathy?

Basically, sympathy is when you feel for the person (mostly when you feel bad for them). Empathy is when you know exactly how the person feels and can relate and can also feel so much like them, that you react to their emotions.


What is the term for creating deep sympathy?

The term for creating deep sympathy is empathy. Empathy involves understanding and sharing the feelings of another person, often leading to a strong connection and emotional resonance between individuals.


What is one definition for the word sympathy?

A feeling of concern and empathy for some one else who is having some type of trouble.


How do you say 'empathy' in Chinese?

同情 Tóng qíng, which actually also means sympathy.


What is lack of empathy?

Empathy is the ability to put yourself in someone elses shoes.EX If I see someone with a severe migraine headache I empathise I know how they feel because I used to get severe migrains and know their pain. Empathy is not lack of caring it is lack of understanding.EX we all know of the incident in 9/11 if you did not lose any friends of family member due to the incident you may feel bad for people who have loved ones or friend that died but you may not know exacly just how bad they feel. However if you have lost someon you were close to in 9/11 you know exacly how much it hurts.you can empathise. if you know someone is sad and care that is sympathy empathy is different because you know exacly how they feel because you have had the expirence. people with aspergers have trouble reading others emotions so they may not always know how you are feeling but if they do know they care.If someone knows you are upset and does not care that is not lack of empathy that is lack of sympathy. if an aspergers child teen or adult knows you are upset they will care and sympathise but sometimes they may not know when you are upset due to a inability to raed facial expressions body lauguage and social cues that is an empathy problem. if a person does know you are upset however and simply does not care that is lack of sympathy there is a big difference between lack of sympathy and lack of empathy and I hope this cleared the distincrtions between the two

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The similarities between sympathy and empathy?

Empathy is understanding what someone is going thru and feeling sorry for them and sympathy is just feeling sorry for someone.


What is the deference between sympathy and empathy?

Basically, sympathy is when you feel for the person (mostly when you feel bad for them). Empathy is when you know exactly how the person feels and can relate and can also feel so much like them, that you react to their emotions.


What is the term for creating deep sympathy?

The term for creating deep sympathy is empathy. Empathy involves understanding and sharing the feelings of another person, often leading to a strong connection and emotional resonance between individuals.


What is the difference between love and empathy?

Empathy is identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, or motives. Love has many definitions, including: affectionate concern for the well-being of others. NOTE ALSO the word Sympathy ; and see the Related Question shown below.


What are words containing the root word -path-?

Empathy and Sympathy are two of the many words that contain the root word -path.


Is empathy the opposite of antipathy?

No. Antipathy is the opposite of sympathy.


What rhymes with empathy?

reaction, fraction, refraction, putrefaction,


Is compassionate adjective?

Yes, it is. It is the adjective form of the noun compassion (sympathy, empathy).


What are some words end with the suffix thy?

Some words that end with the suffix "thy" include loyalty, honesty, and sympathy.


Is empathy a disorder?

No - Empathy is a positive feeling/emotion that means to be able to identify within yourself with someone else's feelings/emotions - being able to walk in someone else's shoes so to speak. It is usually hard for one to differentiate between sympathy and empathy but when they do this is a positive thing within one self.


What part of speech is the word sympathy?

The word 'empathy' is the English translation by Titchener in 1909 of the German word 'Einfühlung' 'Einfühlung' is a concept borrowed from aesthetics meaning: 'to project yourself into what you observe'


What characteristics make a good role model?

Leadership Courage Integrity Empathy Sympathy Humor Loyalty