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==Distinctions between sympathy and related concepts== {{Main|Empathy#Distinctions between empathy and related concepts}} The related word ''empathy'' is often used interchangeably with ''sympathy''. Empathy more precisely means that one is able to feel another's feelings.<ref>{{multiref2 |1={{cite journal|last1=Lishner|first1=D. A.|last2=Batson|first2= C. D. |last3=Huss|first3= E. |title=Tenderness and Sympathy: Distinct Empathic Emotions Elicited by Different Forms of Need|journal=Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin|year=2011|volume=37|issue=5|pages=614β625|doi=10.1177/0146167211403157|pmid=21487113|s2cid=7108104}} |2={{Cite web|last=Burton|first=Neel|date=22 May 2015|title=Empathy vs. Sympathy|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201505/empathy-vs-sympathy|access-date=1 November 2020|website=Psychology Today}} |3={{Cite web|title='Empathy' vs. 'Sympathy': Which Word To Use And When|url=https://www.dictionary.com/e/empathy-vs-sympathy/|access-date=1 November 2020|website=Dictionary.com|date=16 August 2022}} |4={{Cite web|last=Davis|first=Tchiki|date=14 July 2020|title=Sympathy vs. Empathy|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/click-here-happiness/202007/sympathy-vs-empathy|access-date=1 November 2020|website=Psychology Today}} |5={{Cite web|title=Empathy vs. Sympathy|url=https://www.grammarly.com/blog/empathy-sympathy/|access-date=1 November 2020|website=Grammarly|date=2 June 2016 }} |6={{Cite web|last=Longley|first=Robert|date=26 February 2019|title=Empathy vs. Sympathy: What Is The Difference?|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/the-difference-between-empathy-and-sympathy-4154381|access-date=1 November 2020|website=ThoughtCo.}} |7={{cite web|title=What's the difference between sympathy and empathy?|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/sympathy-empathy-difference|website=Merriam Webster|access-date=14 October 2017}} }}</ref> [[Compassion]] and [[pity]] are also related concepts.<!--[[Wikipedia:Summery style]] here; full information at [[Empathy#Distinctions between empathy and related concepts]].-->
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