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Empathise vs Empathize - What's the difference?

empathise | empathize | Alternative forms |

Empathize is a alternative form of empathise.



As verbs the difference between empathise and empathize

is that empathise is standard spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling|empathize|lang=en while empathize is to feel empathy for another person.

empathise

English

Verb

(empathis)

    • 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 .