SYMPATHY or EMPATHY? What's the difference? IMPROVE Your VOCABULARY!

In this advanced English vocabulary lesson, I explain the difference between sympathy and empathy, including how to use these words in a sentence.

PRACTICE: ✍️
Answer the following questions and use the vocabulary word in your answer. Share in the comments!

1. When was the last time you had sympathy for someone? What happened that caused you to feel this way?
2. Do you think the ability to feel empathy is important with loved ones? Why or why not?

You can see many real-life (corpus) examples on http://LDOCEONLINE.COM
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00:00 Introduction
01:09 What does sympathy mean?
01:55 Sympathy example sentences
03:04 Other meaning of sympathy
03:51 Sympathy word family
04:09 More example sentences
05:44 What does empathy mean?
07:05 Empathy example sentences
08:10 Empathy word family