Sympathy versus Empathy
Posted on Jan 24, 2023
One of several ways to look at the difference between sympathy and empathy is to see the one, sympathy, as being like sitting across a table from someone in distress, telling them how sorry you are for everything they are going through, and empathy as sitting alongside someone, sharing their sorrow. You could say that sympathy retains the higher ground, whilst empathy wishes to share what ground it has.