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Empathize vs Empathizing - What's the difference?

empathize | empathizing |

As verbs the difference between empathize and empathizing

is that empathize is to feel empathy for another person while empathizing is .

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 .

    empathizing

    English

    Verb

    (head)