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Librarians and grammer experts: help!
Sep. 4th, 2008 10:56 pmWe had an ongoing argument this weekend during our trip to Mackinaw City: the difference between the definition of empathy, vs. sympathy.
I have thought that empathy is to feel for someone. That is: you might be going through something that I've never been through, but I feel for you.
Sympathy, I've thought, is feeling with someone. That is: I've been through what you've been through, so I know how you feel; I feel with you, in other words.
Others thought the definitions were reversed.
A $20 bet is riding on this, so please help if you have insight!
kthxbai
I have thought that empathy is to feel for someone. That is: you might be going through something that I've never been through, but I feel for you.
Sympathy, I've thought, is feeling with someone. That is: I've been through what you've been through, so I know how you feel; I feel with you, in other words.
Others thought the definitions were reversed.
A $20 bet is riding on this, so please help if you have insight!
kthxbai
