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Emphatise vs Empathize - What's the difference?

emphatise | empathize |

Emphatise is often a misspelling of empathize.


Emphatise has no English definition.

As a verb empathize is

to feel empathy for another person.

emphatise

Not English

Emphatise has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'emphatise':

empathize, embattle, empathise, emophyte, embeddable, embottle

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 .