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empathy (EM puh thee) (noun)
The awareness or understanding of the thoughts and experiences of another without direct communication: Cathleen felt a great empathy for the woman whose difficulties were described in the newspaper article.
sympathy (SIM puh thee) (noun)
The ability or capacity of an individual to relate to or to share the experiences and feelings of another person: When Fred lost his job, his partner showed great sympathy and support.
The empathy Lea felt for her friend’s situation was sincere and she also had great sympathy for her friend because they both had experienced the same disappointments.
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Quotes: Empathy, Sympathy
A quality that's never wasted except when given to oneself: empathy, sympathy quotes.
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path-, patho-, -path-, -pathia, -pathic, -pathology, -pathetic, -pathize, -pathy
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1. The emotion of feeling pity for someone; the indication of understanding and caring about another's problems: Jenny showed a lot of sympathy when she found out that her friend's mother died the day before.
2. An influence produced in any organ by disease or disorder in another part: Dr. Thompsom told Jane that there was evidently sympathy between her right eye and her left eye because they showed similar disorders.
3. A relation which exists between the mind and the body that causing the one to be affected by the other: When Jill called up her employer to say that she felt sick, although she really wasn't, she really did feel ill, and found out later that the sympathy between her brain and upset stomach really existed.Sympathy
1. What a girl offers to another in exchange for details.
2. A quality that’s never wasted except when you give it to yourself.
3. What you give to someone when you don’t want to loan him/her any money.
2. An influence produced in any organ by disease or disorder in another part: Dr. Thompsom told Jane that there was evidently sympathy between her right eye and her left eye because they showed similar disorders.
3. A relation which exists between the mind and the body that causing the one to be affected by the other: When Jill called up her employer to say that she felt sick, although she really wasn't, she really did feel ill, and found out later that the sympathy between her brain and upset stomach really existed.
1. What a girl offers to another in exchange for details.
2. A quality that’s never wasted except when you give it to yourself.
3. What you give to someone when you don’t want to loan him/her any money.
This entry is located in the following units:
path-, patho-, -path-, -pathia, -pathic, -pathology, -pathetic, -pathize, -pathy
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Quotes: Empathy, Sympathy
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