Sympathetic vs Biased - What's the difference?
sympathetic | biased |
Of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
Of or relating to similarity.
(bias)
exhibiting bias; prejudiced
angled at a slant
As adjectives the difference between sympathetic and biased
is that sympathetic is of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy while biased is exhibiting bias; prejudiced.As a verb biased is
(bias).sympathetic
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Alternative forms
* sympathetick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- John looked very upset. I gave him a sympathetic look.
- Sympathetic magic is based on imitation or correspondence.
Antonyms
* unsympatheticDerived terms
* parasympathetic nervous system * sympathetic nervous systembiased
English
Alternative forms
* (UK) biassedVerb
(head)- She biased them against him for no apparent reason.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.
- The table had a biased edge.