Empathize vs Criticise - What's the difference?
empathize | criticise |
to feel empathy for another person
* 2001, Alias (TV, episode 1.03)
To evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults
To find fault (with something)
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As verbs the difference between empathize and criticise
is that empathize is to feel empathy for another person while criticise is to evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults.empathize
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* empathise (British, Canadian, Australian)Verb
(en-verb)- 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 .criticise
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* criticize (US, Canada )Verb
(en-verb) (transitive'' or ''intransitive )- They criticised him for endangering people's lives.
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