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Feeling sympathy for someone is feeling pity or feeling sorry for someone's misfortune. In other words feeling bad for something that happens to a person.

Empathy, however, is when you understand and feel how another person feels based on their situation. It is similar to putting yourself in their shoes, and really understanding how it feels.

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