Sympathy = same feeling. Empathy = understand feeling.
Sympathy is a stronger version of empathy. But sympathy can also have BS called on it. If someone’s mom and dad just filed for divorce and your parents have been together your whole life, you can’t really sympathize, but you might be able to empathize.
👉 If you feel the same, that's sympathy. Otherwise it's empathy.
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What’s the difference between ‘sympathy’ and ‘empathy’?