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Condole vs Empathize - What's the difference?

condole | empathize |

As verbs the difference between condole and empathize

is that condole is to grieve while empathize is to feel empathy for another person.

condole

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To grieve.
  • To express sympathetic sorrow; to lament in sympathy.
  • * Sir W. Temple
    • Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you.

    Anagrams

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    empathize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * empathise (British, Canadian, Australian)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to feel empathy for another person
  • * 2001, Alias (TV, episode 1.03)
    • Must have been [...] devastating when Kenny was killed. But I want you to know that you can trust me. I understand you. I empathize .

    Usage notes

    Used similarly to sympathize, interchangeably in looser usage. In stricter usage, empathize is stronger and more intimate, while (term) is weaker and more distant; see .