What’s the difference between empathy and sympathy?

Both words have the same root in the Greek word pathos which means sufferin Grammar & Punctuation · 16.3k followers Share English grammar & punctuation related questions to get useful answers What's the difference between empathy and sympathy? Ian Lowry, former Historian and Guide. Written Aug 19 Both words have the same root in the Greek word pathos which means suffering or experience. Sympathy is the older of the two words and was introduced into English in the mi... Read More » When ending a sentence with a period and other punctuation, such as quotation marks or parentheses, where does the period go? For example, end." or end". Vanessa Rider, knows English Written Aug 19 , end." Is the correct way Read More » Is there any grammatical error in this statement? . "I thought the medicine I took yesterday wouldn't be sagacious enough to give me a great bouncebackability from the serious illness to a benign one". Ian Lowry, former Historian and Guide. Written Aug 19 Forget the grammar for the moment. How can medicine be sagacious and how can an illness be described as benign? What does the noun bouncebackability mean and why do you fee... Read More » Read more in Grammar & Punctuation This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). You were sent this email because you might like Grammar & Punctuation. If you don't want these updates anymore, you can mute Grammar & Punctuation or unsubscribehttps://www.quora.com/