Explain the difference between sympathy and empathy. Tell about a time when you displayed each.
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sympathy- when you feel sorry fo someone. After my friends grandpa died i gave them sympathy. empathy- the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to.
Empathy and Sympathy are very similar except for one discrepancy; Sympathy is when you as a person can relate to someones feelings or at least are competent enough to realize what they are feeling. To feel sympathy for someone is to feel bad for them, not necessarily that you fully understand what they are going through, but that you are able to understand that they are feeling sad or mad or depressed. Empathy is in laymen's terms, the ability to relate to how someone is feeling. Like sympathy, empathy allows us to feel bad or understand the emotional context of another person, however; empathy also allows us to do this because we fully understand what that person or persons are experiencing.
In summary, to sympathize with someone is to attempt to understand their emotions and in cases, comfort them; to empathize is to completely understand what someone is emotional experiencing because you have had the same or similar experiences yourself.
A case in which I have displayed sympathy is when a death occurs in a friends family, and I have attempted to cheer them up or understand how they were feeling. And a case in which i have displayed empathy is almost everyday in ap bio, because everyday someone complains about how they do no understand what we are discussing in class. I have felt the same way in that class, therefore I have shared that experience with them and can empathize with them.
For a more concise explanation, you need only reference the definitions of each word:
Empathy: 1) the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also : the capacity for this
Sympathy
2) a : inclination to think or feel alike : emotional or intellectual accord
b : feeling of loyalty : tendency to favor or support
3) a : the act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interests of another
b : the feeling or mental state brought about by such sensitivity
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone.Example when my friends grandma died i felt sympathy for her. Empathy is the action of understanding and being sensitive too.Example my friends dog died and felt empathy for her since the same thing happened to me.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone, empathy is when you put yourself in their position and attempt to see how they are feeling right now. So empathy is you trying to figure out how someone is feeling, and sympathy is feeling bad for someone.
I think that sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone and you express your regret for their behalf but you have kind of a distance from the subject. For example when a friend's close relative dies. Empathy, on the other hand, is when you have an understanding of something and may have prior experience of that topic. It is sort of like "been there, done that".
Sympathy is when you understand how the person is felling. Empathy is when you feel the other persons pain. I had sympathy towards my friend when his dad died.
I think sympathy is feeling sorry for someone and empathy is trying to understand someones feelings. I showed sympathy when my uncle died. I showed empathy to my Aunt whose husband died. -Nick G.
Sympathy is an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other, and Empathy is the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner. I once displayed sympathy when my Grandma was in the hospital, and i displayed empathy when I learned about something important in life.
Sympathy is when you relate to someone's problems whereas sympathy is when you feel bad for them, as if to pity them. In the case of Dr. Jekyll, I definately feel sympathy toward him because he made the one mistake of taking the drug, and now his problems are out of hand, and he has no control over it.
For most people sympathy and empathy seems the same and not because they rhyme. First sympathy is the feeling that a person gets for someone else in the sense of sorrow. Finally empathy is the feeling or a stage in a person's life that he or she feels empty inside and also sad about them self, and yes they rhyme.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for some one. Empathy is when you have understand the person for what theyve done. When i had sympathy towards someone is when my freinds grandpa died.When i had empathy towards someone is when when my freind missed practice.
Sympathy is when you show support or loyalty to another. However, empathy is when you comprehend and understand the feelings of one another. One time, I displayed sympathy when I show support and gratitude towards a friend of mine when his grandfather passed away. I sympathized with him by telling him I know how he felt because I also lost my grandfather. A time when I displayed empathy was when one of my friends in my neighborhood talked to me about how they have been trying hard in a specific school subject (I don’t remember specifically the subject) and I told him I understood how he felt and his frustrations.
With sympathy you feel sorry or pitty a person. Empathy is sorta like sharing feelings with a person. When my grandpa died i showed sympathy and i showed empathy to my whole family.
Kyle O. IM not to sure the exact way i can depict empathy but i feel like its a feeling of sympathy unshown. Its like when you go to New York City and you see poor people on the side of the road. YOu feel empathy but theres not much you do to satisfy it or help. When someones sympathetic they go to the problem and try and help like a wake. You give sympathy with words and condolences to the related family members but a key to sympathy for someone is that it personally effects you also. Empathy is a feeling it gives you but you don't have a personal level towards the depressed or problem person in the situation? Sympathy is a feeling that drives you to be sad on you're own level. As if my cousins grandfather passes on but you still have a personal connection because i know my couin personally which connects me to the overall situation so i feel sad myself.
Sympathy and empathy have 2 very similar definitions even the root word path mean feeling! However, there is one major factor that separates the both sympathy is when you feel bad for someone, for example, my friend had his Ipod stole out of his locker, i felt sympathy for him. Empathy is much similar to this except for the fact that you know how their feeling because the same event has happened to you, for example, one time my cousin's Russian dwarf hamster died, I felt empathy for him because the same event happened to me.
Sympathy and Empathy are similar because they both mean to feel or relate to the emotions of another person. The only difference is Sympathy is directly supporting the other person with your understanding and Empathy is not directly communicating with them. I gave my friend sympathy when they were hurt. And I had empathy for my sister when she was sad.
think sympathy is feeling sorrow for someone and you feel the pain that that person is going through. An example would be when my friends grandpa passed away, and I knew what she was going through because it has happened to me. Empathy I think is very similar to sympathy. I think empathy is when you try to see yourself in someone’s shoes. An example would be when my friend had to put her dog down. I felt empathy for her. I tried to imagine how I would feel if I had to put my dog down.
Having sympathy means feeling sorry for someone. Having empathy is the capability of sharing someone's emotions and feelings. I felt empathy when my friend's Grandfather died because i know how it feels to loose someone very close to you. I felt sympathy for my friend when she didnt make a team because i knew how badly she wanted to be on it.
Sympathy is feeling bad for someone, but Empathy is taking it a step further, and actually understanding the loss that occurred. Whether it be because it's happened to you, or you put yourself in that person's situation and actually feel for them.
sympathy is feeling sorry for someone, like when my neighbor's father died, i felt sympathy for their family. empathy is putting yourself in their shoes
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone. Empathy is when you try and understands someone's sorrow, or being sensitive to it. I showed Sympathy for when my friends dad died. I also showed Empathy for when my best friends dog died.
Sympathy is understand a persons feelings or concern for them. Empathy is sharing the feelings of sadness or joy with someone else. The difference between these two is that, sympathy is not fully understanding what the person is going through while empathy allows us to understand how they feel while experiencing the same thing. I displayed sympathy when my cousin's dog died. I displayed empathy when my friend's grandpa died.
Sympathy is when you feel bad for the other person with pity; even though you don’t fully understand what they are going through. I have displayed sympathy for the characters in depressing movies. Even though I cannot relate to them I feel bad because something sad is happening to them. Empathy is when you feel bad for a person because you have experienced what they have. I have displayed empathy for my friend when her father was having problems with his kidneys because my mother had problems with hers when I was younger. -Marisa Period 9
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone and express your regrets for their problem without ever experiencing what they’ve gone through. While empathy is when you have gone through the same pain and know how that person is feeling. An example of empathy I’ve displayed is when someone I know relative dies, because I’ve had close friends and family die and I understand the pain that they are going through. An example of sympathy is when my Aunt got breast cancer, because I’ve never been through having cancer and having to deal with the rigorous treatments.
To have sympathy is to only feel sorry for someone while having empathy is to know what the person is going through and you feel bad because you've been there. I displayed sympathy when my friends parents got divorced. I showed empathy when her parents fought because my parents have fought before, but I will never know how it feels when my parents get divorced because hopefully they never will.
Smypathy means a an agreement in feeling between people with repect to each other. I gave sympathy to my Granny when her mother died. Empathy means understanding, appreciating and to share feelings or to know what someone else is going through. I gave empathy to my cousin when her parents were fighting because I know what it feels like when that happens.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone, though you might not be able to relate to how it feels. Empathy is when you feel sorry for someone and you can relate to how it feels. When my brother's car broke down, I felt sympathy for him, but I did not know exactly how it felt. When my friend failed a test, I felt empathy for them, because I too have failed a test, therefore I knew how it felt.
Sympathy is when you feel bad for the person, but you don't exactly what they're experiencing because you've never been in that situation. Empathy is where you feel bad for that person, and you know how they feel because you have experienced it yourself. When my best friend's grandpa died I felt sympathetic for her, but I didn't know exactly how she was feeling because I've never had a family member die. An example when I was empathetic was when my best friends family member lost their job, because a family member in my family lost their job before and I knew exactly how hard it is for them.
sympathy: when you show you care, and feel sorry for another person, feeling bad for them. -my friend Melissa's grandfather was diagnosed with brain cancer, and being that she is my best friend i am giving her sympathy, and helping her through this awful condition. Empathy: when you put yourself in their situation and see how they are feeling, and trying to relate to them. -when my uncle died, i showed empathy to their family, in which i felt the same pain as them.
Sympathy is when you try to rrealte to someone elses pain,but you cant really because you have never been in the same situation. Ishoow sympaththy when my firends parents got divorced. Empathy is when you completely understand he pain that someone is going through becasue you experienced it. I shoed empathy when my friends grandfather died.
Sympathy is when you actually feel for the persons situation. You are sorry for what happened to them. You don't exactly understand what they are feeling. Empathy is when you have experienced something similar to what the other person is going through. You can relate to them. I was sympathetic towards my friend who had lost her aunt. I was empathetic to when my friends cousin had left for the navy because I could relate to them.
sympathy is when you feeel sorry fore someone. And empathy is understanding what happened. When my friend died i showed sympathy to his family. When my dog died i showed empathy.
Sympathy is when you haven't experienced what another person is going through, yet you still feel sorry for them. It's almost as if you pity the other person for whatever it is that's making them upset. You can show your sympathy, or how bad you feel, by sending flowers. Empathy is when you have gone through something similar to another person so you truly know what their pain feels like. You are able to put yourself in their position and see things the way they do. I have experienced this when my friend's dog died. I had empathy for her because a few years ago my dog died and I was so upset. I was able to understand her heartbreak. However, when one of my friend's brother's died, I had no idea how to react because nothing like that has ever happened to me. However, I had sympathy for her because I felt bad about the incident of course.
Sympathy and empathy are very similar however have a slight differenece. Empathy is being able feel another persons pain even if you cannot relate directly, but still trying to comfort them. Sympathy is knowing what another person is going through and trying to help them feel better. I was sympathetic when my friend Alyssa needed knee surgery and couldn't go to the soccer tournement. I knew what she was going through becuase the previous year I had a surgery and couldn't go the same tornement. I was empathetic when my friends grandpa died and I tried to make her and her family feel better when I could not relate to what they were going through.
sympothy is when you feel sorry for someone. I showed sympothy for my sister when her dog got hurt real bad. Empathy is being understanding of. I showed empathy when my grandmother didnt want to visit my uncle.
sympathy- when you show you care, and feel sorry for another person, feeling bad for them. I show sympathy when a friend or family member loses someone close to them. Empathy- when you put yourself in their situation and see how they are feeling. I show empathy towards someone when they are embarassed because i know how they are feeling
Sympathy is when your feeling sorry for some Empathy is the action of understanding like if you were to put yourself in someone elses shoes and see what its like
Sympathy- Is when you show someone that you care about how they feel. I onced showed sympathy when my brothers mouse died. Empathy- Is when you put your self in their situation and understand how they are feeling. I onced showed empathy towards someone when they were embarassed because they got a low test grade.Because i knew how that person felt this made me show empathy.
I think the meaning of empathy is that someone is trying to get what the other person is feeling, when you put yourself in the other persons shoes and show them you care. Sympathy on the other hand is when you feel sorry for someone and you show respect.
Sypathy is when you feel sorry for someone for example, when my friends relative dies. Empathy is when you share the same feelings and show the same understanding. Ex. if someones dog died i would feel empathy for them because mine died too.
Sympathy is feeling sorry for someone, while empathy is when you understand how someone is feeling. With sympathy, you don't necessarily know how the person is feeling, and with empathy, you don't necessarily feel sorry for the person. With empathy, you can relate to the person's feelings, whereas with sympathy, you may not be able to relate to their feelings, but you feel sorry for them. I do not have sympathy for Mr. Gunsel when the Dolphins lose because I don't like the Dolphins, but I do have empathy for him because I know what it feels like when the Jets lose, even though they lose a lot less than the Dolphins.
Sympathy and empathy are very alike except for that empathy is when you can relate to what the person has gone through. Sympathy is just feeling bad for the person without being able to relate to them. When my friend's father passed away, I showed sympathy because I could not relate at all to their situation. When my friend went through a bad break-up, I showed empathy because I had gone through a difficult break-up also and could completely relate to what she was going through.
Empathy is when you understand what someone is going through and can offer them advice about it. I felt empathatic to my friend when his grandmother passed away because my grandmother had passed away only a couple of months before. Sympathy is when you offer someone your condolences and you don't really know what they are going through. I offered sympathy o my friend when his dog died because I had not had a dog yet like I do today
Sympathy is feeling sorrow toward someone. Example when my grandpa died my friends were sympathetic towards my family and I. Empathy is when you put yourself in someone's position. For example, a rich person putting themselves in a not so rich person's shoes.
Sympathy: when you feel compassion for another person but you dont know exactly how its like Empathy: when you feel compasiion for another person and you know exactly how they feel and what they went through I displayed sympathy for someone when my friend got in a car accident, I can imgaine hows its like but I still dont have any idea what he went through. I displayed empathy when my friend's dog passed away because when I was around her age I had my pet pass away also. By: Alina
I think sympathy means to feel sorry for someone, empathy is when your trying to understand the others persons feelings and showing them that you care.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone like when my great grandpa died I felt sympathetic towards his death. Empathy is when we understand what someone is going through like how my brother failed in math. I feel empathetic because in eighth grade I failed Spanish.
Sympathy is when a person feels sorry for someone. Like when my grandpa died I felt sympathy because I was sad about the passing of someone who I loved a lot. Empathy is the action of being aware of something such as when I didn't do well on a Social Studies test I then realized that everybody else didn't do as well as I did on the test.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for something that someone is going through. I sympathized my dad when his Mom (my Grandma) died. Empathy is when you understand how a person feels in a certain situation. I felt empathy for my friend once who broke his phone because I broke my phone once too.
Sympathy is when you recognize the problem and you feel bad for them and you show compassion towards them. Empathy is when you are aware of the problem that is going on, but you show no feeling towards it.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone. Empathy is when you put yourself in someone else's position. I showed sympathy towards my friend when there grandpa died. I showed empathy when my neighbors dog died because i know what she was going through.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone and show them compasson,while empathy is when you are able to understand how the person feels. I felt sympathy for my friend lost his grandmother who he was very close to. I felt empathy when my brothers baseball team lost the championship because I had lost my baseball championship two years ago
Sympathy is when one tries to feel the pain of another without actually having experienced the feeling themselves. For example I can try to feel sympathy for someone whos dog passes away, but I myself had never had a dog. Empathy is when you are able to relate your own past experiences to someone elses in order to share in or comprehend what they are going through. For example, my grandmother died when I younger, so when my friend told me that her grandfather had passed away I could empathize with her.
sympathy is different from is different from empathy because sympathy is feeling one emotion (compassion) towards another person while empathy is understanding the emotions that they are going through. an example of sympathy is that i feel sorry for a little child who falls off his bike i feel sympathy for him because i know how that one emotion feels when you fall of your bike while an example of empathy would be feeling it for the people in Japan who got hit with the tsunami and the earthquake i can understand/feel the many emotions like anger sadness and frustration that they are all feeling
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone. Empathy is when you are able to understand and feel what that person is going through. For an example, I had sympathy for a friend that once had to move far away and i just wish i could feel what she was going through. I had empathy for a friend that just lost her grandma around the same time as i did. I knew exactly what she was going through and couldn't feel sorry enough for her. Danielle period 7
Sympathy is when you feel bad for somebody. Empathy is when you feel bad for a person because you know what they are going through. You have been through it before so you empathize with them. I sympathized with my friend when she was getting medically tested for cancer. I felt bad for her, but I have never had to deal with the fear that I might have brain cancer. I empathized with one of my friends when her grandfather died. My grandpa died not too long ago. He was really important to me, so I knew how she was feeling.
The difference between sympathy and emphathy is that sypathy is harmony of or agreement in feeling. Empathy is the intellectual identification with. I displayed sympathy when my friend got hurt. I displayed empathy when noone else new my friends name.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone. And empathy is understanding what happened when a friend or family member looses someone close to them. I show empathy towards someone when they are embrassed because I know how they are feeling.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone. I gave sympathy to my friend when her grandpa died. Empathy is when you understand and are aware of someones feelings. My teacher gave me empathy when I had a bad grade.
Sympathy, feeling bad or sad for someone else in a situation that you have not or are not in at the moment, i always felt bad for one of my old neighbors who's father had died in 9/11, Empathy, the same feeling as sympathy really, except you have been or are in the same situation as the other person.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone. An example of sympathy is if a friends relative dies you would feel sorry for them. Empathy is when you can understand what someone is feeling because it has happened to you in the past. An example of empathy is if a friends pet dies and a pet of yours has died in the past you will know how they feel.
Empathy is a feeling you can describe when your trying to relate to someone, in a sad thoughtful way. You may have a bond with them may not. Its when your trying to be so direct with someone you cant explain their saddens but you try to feel for them and it may or may not affect you.
Sympathy is feeling bad for, pity. When someone looses a loved one you offer sympathy and understanding. Show sensitive and caring, try to be compassion it while keeping in mind the feeling there feeling may not be over as soon as you think.
Sympathy is to feel sorry for someone, when my friends parents divorced, i felt sympathy for him.
Empathy is being able to step into another person's shoes in order to understand how that person is feeling, even if what has happened to them has never happened to you.
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sympathy- when you feel sorry fo someone. After my friends grandpa died i gave them sympathy.
empathy- the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to.
Empathy and Sympathy are very similar except for one discrepancy; Sympathy is when you as a person can relate to someones feelings or at least are competent enough to realize what they are feeling. To feel sympathy for someone is to feel bad for them, not necessarily that you fully understand what they are going through, but that you are able to understand that they are feeling sad or mad or depressed. Empathy is in laymen's terms, the ability to relate to how someone is feeling. Like sympathy, empathy allows us to feel bad or understand the emotional context of another person, however; empathy also allows us to do this because we fully understand what that person or persons are experiencing.
In summary, to sympathize with someone is to attempt to understand their emotions and in cases, comfort them; to empathize is to completely understand what someone is emotional experiencing because you have had the same or similar experiences yourself.
A case in which I have displayed sympathy is when a death occurs in a friends family, and I have attempted to cheer them up or understand how they were feeling. And a case in which i have displayed empathy is almost everyday in ap bio, because everyday someone complains about how they do no understand what we are discussing in class. I have felt the same way in that class, therefore I have shared that experience with them and can empathize with them.
For a more concise explanation, you need only reference the definitions of each word:
Empathy:
1) the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also : the capacity for this
Sympathy
2) a : inclination to think or feel alike : emotional or intellectual accord
b : feeling of loyalty : tendency to favor or support
3) a : the act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interests of another
b : the feeling or mental state brought about by such sensitivity
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone.Example when my friends grandma died i felt sympathy for her.
Empathy is the action of understanding and being sensitive too.Example my friends dog died and felt empathy for her since the same thing happened to me.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone, empathy is when you put yourself in their position and attempt to see how they are feeling right now. So empathy is you trying to figure out how someone is feeling, and sympathy is feeling bad for someone.
I think that sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone and you express your regret for their behalf but you have kind of a distance from the subject. For example when a friend's close relative dies.
Empathy, on the other hand, is when you have an understanding of something and may have prior experience of that topic. It is sort of like "been there, done that".
Sympathy is when you understand how the person is felling. Empathy is when you feel the other persons pain. I had sympathy towards my friend when his dad died.
I think sympathy is feeling sorry for someone and empathy is trying to understand someones feelings. I showed sympathy when my uncle died. I showed empathy to my Aunt whose husband died.
-Nick G.
Sympathy is an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other, and Empathy is the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner. I once displayed sympathy when my Grandma was in the hospital, and i displayed empathy when I learned about something important in life.
Sympathy is when you relate to someone's problems whereas sympathy is when you feel bad for them, as if to pity them. In the case of Dr. Jekyll, I definately feel sympathy toward him because he made the one mistake of taking the drug, and now his problems are out of hand, and he has no control over it.
For most people sympathy and empathy seems the same and not because they rhyme. First sympathy is the feeling that a person gets for someone else in the sense of sorrow. Finally empathy is the feeling or a stage in a person's life that he or she feels empty inside and also sad about them self, and yes they rhyme.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for some one. Empathy is when you have understand the person for what theyve done. When i had sympathy towards someone is when my freinds grandpa died.When i had empathy towards someone is when when my freind missed practice.
Sympathy is when you show support or loyalty to another. However, empathy is when you comprehend and understand the feelings of one another. One time, I displayed sympathy when I show support and gratitude towards a friend of mine when his grandfather passed away. I sympathized with him by telling him I know how he felt because I also lost my grandfather. A time when I displayed empathy was when one of my friends in my neighborhood talked to me about how they have been trying hard in a specific school subject (I don’t remember specifically the subject) and I told him I understood how he felt and his frustrations.
With sympathy you feel sorry or pitty a person. Empathy is sorta like sharing feelings with a person. When my grandpa died i showed sympathy and i showed empathy to my whole family.
Kyle O.
IM not to sure the exact way i can depict empathy but i feel like its a feeling of sympathy unshown. Its like when you go to New York City and you see poor people on the side of the road. YOu feel empathy but theres not much you do to satisfy it or help. When someones sympathetic they go to the problem and try and help like a wake. You give sympathy with words and condolences to the related family members but a key to sympathy for someone is that it personally effects you also. Empathy is a feeling it gives you but you don't have a personal level towards the depressed or problem person in the situation? Sympathy is a feeling that drives you to be sad on you're own level. As if my cousins grandfather passes on but you still have a personal connection because i know my couin personally which connects me to the overall situation so i feel sad myself.
Sympathy and empathy have 2 very similar definitions even the root word path mean feeling! However, there is one major factor that separates the both sympathy is when you feel bad for someone, for example, my friend had his Ipod stole out of his locker, i felt sympathy for him. Empathy is much similar to this except for the fact that you know how their feeling because the same event has happened to you, for example, one time my cousin's Russian dwarf hamster died, I felt empathy for him because the same event happened to me.
Sympathy and Empathy are similar because they both mean to feel or relate to the emotions of another person. The only difference is Sympathy is directly supporting the other person with your understanding and Empathy is not directly communicating with them. I gave my friend sympathy when they were hurt. And I had empathy for my sister when she was sad.
Feeling sympathy is feeling sorry for someone. If someones loved one died, you would be sympathetic towards that person until they felt better.
Feeling empathy is to understand how someone feels completely.
For example, if someone lost their job, and you lost yours at one time in the past, you would feel empathetic because you can relate to their loss.
Empathy comes from a Greek root word meaning "Feeling into". In other words, you live someones experience.
i ave felt sympothy and also empathy i cant rite now remember where i felt either but i know i have
think sympathy is feeling sorrow for someone and you feel the pain that that person is going through. An example would be when my friends grandpa passed away, and I knew what she was going through because it has happened to me. Empathy I think is very similar to sympathy. I think empathy is when you try to see yourself in someone’s shoes. An example would be when my friend had to put her dog down. I felt empathy for her. I tried to imagine how I would feel if I had to put my dog down.
Having sympathy means feeling sorry for someone. Having empathy is the capability of sharing someone's emotions and feelings. I felt empathy when my friend's Grandfather died because i know how it feels to loose someone very close to you. I felt sympathy for my friend when she didnt make a team because i knew how badly she wanted to be on it.
Sympathy is feeling bad for someone, but Empathy is taking it a step further, and actually understanding the loss that occurred. Whether it be because it's happened to you, or you put yourself in that person's situation and actually feel for them.
sympathy is feeling sorry for someone, like when my neighbor's father died, i felt sympathy for their family. empathy is putting yourself in their shoes
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone. Empathy is when you try and understands someone's sorrow, or being sensitive to it. I showed Sympathy for when my friends dad died. I also showed Empathy for when my best friends dog died.
Sympathy is understand a persons feelings or concern for them. Empathy is sharing the feelings of sadness or joy with someone else. The difference between these two is that, sympathy is not fully understanding what the person is going through while empathy allows us to understand how they feel while experiencing the same thing. I displayed sympathy when my cousin's dog died. I displayed empathy when my friend's grandpa died.
Sympathy is when you feel bad for the other person with pity; even though you don’t fully understand what they are going through. I have displayed sympathy for the characters in depressing movies. Even though I cannot relate to them I feel bad because something sad is happening to them.
Empathy is when you feel bad for a person because you have experienced what they have. I have displayed empathy for my friend when her father was having problems with his kidneys because my mother had problems with hers when I was younger.
-Marisa
Period 9
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone and express your regrets for their problem without ever experiencing what they’ve gone through. While empathy is when you have gone through the same pain and know how that person is feeling. An example of empathy I’ve displayed is when someone I know relative dies, because I’ve had close friends and family die and I understand the pain that they are going through. An example of sympathy is when my Aunt got breast cancer, because I’ve never been through having cancer and having to deal with the rigorous treatments.
To have sympathy is to only feel sorry for someone while having empathy is to know what the person is going through and you feel bad because you've been there. I displayed sympathy when my friends parents got divorced. I showed empathy when her parents fought because my parents have fought before, but I will never know how it feels when my parents get divorced because hopefully they never will.
Smypathy means a an agreement in feeling between people with repect to each other. I gave sympathy to my Granny when her mother died. Empathy means understanding, appreciating and to share feelings or to know what someone else is going through. I gave empathy to my cousin when her parents were fighting because I know what it feels like when that happens.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone, though you might not be able to relate to how it feels.
Empathy is when you feel sorry for someone and you can relate to how it feels.
When my brother's car broke down, I felt sympathy for him, but I did not know exactly how it felt.
When my friend failed a test, I felt empathy for them, because I too have failed a test, therefore I knew how it felt.
Sympathy is when you feel bad for the person, but you don't exactly what they're experiencing because you've never been in that situation. Empathy is where you feel bad for that person, and you know how they feel because you have experienced it yourself. When my best friend's grandpa died I felt sympathetic for her, but I didn't know exactly how she was feeling because I've never had a family member die. An example when I was empathetic was when my best friends family member lost their job, because a family member in my family lost their job before and I knew exactly how hard it is for them.
sympathy: when you show you care, and feel sorry for another person, feeling bad for them.
-my friend Melissa's grandfather was diagnosed with brain cancer, and being that she is my best friend i am giving her sympathy, and helping her through this awful condition.
Empathy: when you put yourself in their situation and see how they are feeling, and trying to relate to them.
-when my uncle died, i showed empathy to their family, in which i felt the same pain as them.
I show sympathy whenever im at a funeral. I showed empathy to my friend when his grandparents died because mine are dead to and i understand.
Sympathy is when you try to rrealte to someone elses pain,but you cant really because you have never been in the same situation. Ishoow sympaththy when my firends parents got divorced.
Empathy is when you completely understand he pain that someone is going through becasue you experienced it. I shoed empathy when my friends grandfather died.
Sympathy is when you actually feel for the persons situation. You are sorry for what happened to them. You don't exactly understand what they are feeling. Empathy is when you have experienced something similar to what the other person is going through. You can relate to them. I was sympathetic towards my friend who had lost her aunt. I was empathetic to when my friends cousin had left for the navy because I could relate to them.
sympathy is when you feeel sorry fore someone. And empathy is understanding what happened. When my friend died i showed sympathy to his family. When my dog died i showed empathy.
Sympathy is when you haven't experienced what another person is going through, yet you still feel sorry for them. It's almost as if you pity the other person for whatever it is that's making them upset. You can show your sympathy, or how bad you feel, by sending flowers. Empathy is when you have gone through something similar to another person so you truly know what their pain feels like. You are able to put yourself in their position and see things the way they do. I have experienced this when my friend's dog died. I had empathy for her because a few years ago my dog died and I was so upset. I was able to understand her heartbreak. However, when one of my friend's brother's died, I had no idea how to react because nothing like that has ever happened to me. However, I had sympathy for her because I felt bad about the incident of course.
Sympathy and empathy are very similar however have a slight differenece. Empathy is being able feel another persons pain even if you cannot relate directly, but still trying to comfort them. Sympathy is knowing what another person is going through and trying to help them feel better. I was sympathetic when my friend Alyssa needed knee surgery and couldn't go to the soccer tournement. I knew what she was going through becuase the previous year I had a surgery and couldn't go the same tornement. I was empathetic when my friends grandpa died and I tried to make her and her family feel better when I could not relate to what they were going through.
sympothy is when you feel sorry for someone. I showed sympothy for my sister when her dog got hurt real bad. Empathy is being understanding of. I showed empathy when my grandmother didnt want to visit my uncle.
sympathy- when you show you care, and feel sorry for another person, feeling bad for them.
I show sympathy when a friend or family member loses someone close to them.
Empathy- when you put yourself in their situation and see how they are feeling. I show empathy towards someone when they are embarassed because i know how they are feeling
Sympathy is when your feeling sorry for some
Empathy is the action of understanding like if you were to put yourself in someone elses shoes and see what its like
Sympathy- Is when you show someone that you care about how they feel. I onced showed sympathy when my brothers mouse died.
Empathy- Is when you put your self in their situation and understand how they are feeling. I onced showed empathy towards someone when they were embarassed because they got a low test grade.Because i knew how that person felt this made me show empathy.
I think the meaning of empathy is that someone is trying to get what the other person is feeling, when you put yourself in the other persons shoes and show them you care. Sympathy on the other hand is when you feel sorry for someone and you show respect.
Sypathy is when you feel sorry for someone for example, when my friends relative dies. Empathy is when you share the same feelings and show the same understanding. Ex. if someones dog died i would feel empathy for them because mine died too.
Sympathy is feeling sorry for someone, while empathy is when you understand how someone is feeling. With sympathy, you don't necessarily know how the person is feeling, and with empathy, you don't necessarily feel sorry for the person. With empathy, you can relate to the person's feelings, whereas with sympathy, you may not be able to relate to their feelings, but you feel sorry for them. I do not have sympathy for Mr. Gunsel when the Dolphins lose because I don't like the Dolphins, but I do have empathy for him because I know what it feels like when the Jets lose, even though they lose a lot less than the Dolphins.
Sympathy and empathy are very alike except for that empathy is when you can relate to what the person has gone through. Sympathy is just feeling bad for the person without being able to relate to them. When my friend's father passed away, I showed sympathy because I could not relate at all to their situation. When my friend went through a bad break-up, I showed empathy because I had gone through a difficult break-up also and could completely relate to what she was going through.
Empathy is when you understand what someone is going through and can offer them advice about it. I felt empathatic to my friend when his grandmother passed away because my grandmother had passed away only a couple of months before. Sympathy is when you offer someone your condolences and you don't really know what they are going through. I offered sympathy o my friend when his dog died because I had not had a dog yet like I do today
Sympathy is feeling sorrow toward someone. Example when my grandpa died my friends were sympathetic towards my family and I.
Empathy is when you put yourself in someone's position. For example, a rich person putting themselves in a not so rich person's shoes.
Sympathy: when you feel compassion for another person but you dont know exactly how its like
Empathy: when you feel compasiion for another person and you know exactly how they feel and what they went through
I displayed sympathy for someone when my friend got in a car accident, I can imgaine hows its like but I still dont have any idea what he went through. I displayed empathy when my friend's dog passed away because when I was around her age I had my pet pass away also.
By: Alina
I think sympathy means to feel sorry for someone, empathy is when your trying to understand the others persons feelings and showing them that you care.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone like when my great grandpa died I felt sympathetic towards his death. Empathy is when we understand what someone is going through like how my brother failed in math. I feel empathetic because in eighth grade I failed Spanish.
Sympathy is when a person feels sorry for someone. Like when my grandpa died I felt sympathy because I was sad about the passing of someone who I loved a lot. Empathy is the action of being aware of something such as when I didn't do well on a Social Studies test I then realized that everybody else didn't do as well as I did on the test.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for something that someone is going through. I sympathized my dad when his Mom (my Grandma) died. Empathy is when you understand how a person feels in a certain situation. I felt empathy for my friend once who broke his phone because I broke my phone once too.
Sympathy is when you recognize the problem and you feel bad for them and you show compassion towards them. Empathy is when you are aware of the problem that is going on, but you show no feeling towards it.
Sympathy- when a person shows compasion and surport for a person going througha tough situation.
Empathy- when a person is understanding for a person and their situation.
Sympathy- I showed symoathy for my dad when his mother my gradmother died on his birthday last year
Empathy- I was understanding and surportive after my friend whent through a messy break up
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone. Empathy is when you put yourself in someone else's position. I showed sympathy towards my friend when there grandpa died. I showed empathy when my neighbors dog died because i know what she was going through.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone and show them compasson,while empathy is when you are able to understand how the person feels. I felt sympathy for my friend lost his grandmother who he was very close to. I felt empathy when my brothers baseball team lost the championship because I had lost my baseball championship two years ago
Sympathy is when one tries to feel the pain of another without actually having experienced the feeling themselves. For example I can try to feel sympathy for someone whos dog passes away, but I myself had never had a dog. Empathy is when you are able to relate your own past experiences to someone elses in order to share in or comprehend what they are going through. For example, my grandmother died when I younger, so when my friend told me that her grandfather had passed away I could empathize with her.
sympathy is different from is different from empathy because sympathy is feeling one emotion (compassion) towards another person while empathy is understanding the emotions that they are going through. an example of sympathy is that i feel sorry for a little child who falls off his bike i feel sympathy for him because i know how that one emotion feels when you fall of your bike while an example of empathy would be feeling it for the people in Japan who got hit with the tsunami and the earthquake i can understand/feel the many emotions like anger sadness and frustration that they are all feeling
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone. Empathy is when you are able to understand and feel what that person is going through. For an example, I had sympathy for a friend that once had to move far away and i just wish i could feel what she was going through. I had empathy for a friend that just lost her grandma around the same time as i did. I knew exactly what she was going through and couldn't feel sorry enough for her.
Danielle period 7
Sympathy is when you feel bad for somebody. Empathy is when you feel bad for a person because you know what they are going through. You have been through it before so you empathize with them. I sympathized with my friend when she was getting medically tested for cancer. I felt bad for her, but I have never had to deal with the fear that I might have brain cancer. I empathized with one of my friends when her grandfather died. My grandpa died not too long ago. He was really important to me, so I knew how she was feeling.
The difference between sympathy and emphathy is that sypathy is harmony of or agreement in feeling. Empathy is the intellectual identification with. I displayed sympathy when my friend got hurt. I displayed empathy when noone else new my friends name.
Mike B
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone. And empathy is understanding what happened when a friend or family member looses someone close to them. I show empathy towards someone when they are embrassed because I know how they are feeling.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone. I gave sympathy to my friend when her grandpa died. Empathy is when you understand and are aware of someones feelings. My teacher gave me empathy when I had a bad grade.
Sympathy, feeling bad or sad for someone else in a situation that you have not or are not in at the moment, i always felt bad for one of my old neighbors who's father had died in 9/11, Empathy, the same feeling as sympathy really, except you have been or are in the same situation as the other person.
Sympathy is when you feel sorry for someone. An example of sympathy is if a friends relative dies you would feel sorry for them. Empathy is when you can understand what someone is feeling because it has happened to you in the past. An example of empathy is if a friends pet dies and a pet of yours has died in the past you will know how they feel.
Empathy is a feeling you can describe when your trying to relate to someone, in a sad thoughtful way. You may have a bond with them may not. Its when your trying to be so direct with someone you cant explain their saddens but you try to feel for them and it may or may not affect you.
Sympathy is feeling bad for, pity. When someone looses a loved one you offer sympathy and understanding. Show sensitive and caring, try to be compassion it while keeping in mind the feeling there feeling may not be over as soon as you think.
And I felt both emotions at my friend’s funeral.
Sympathy is to feel sorry for someone, when my friends parents divorced, i felt sympathy for him.
Empathy is being able to step into another person's shoes in order to understand how that person is feeling, even if what has happened to them has never happened to you.
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