Sympathize vs Considerate - What's the difference?
sympathize | considerate |
To show sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected.
* Addison
To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.
* Buckminster
To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize.
consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people); caring
characterised by careful and conscious thought; deliberate
As a verb sympathize
is to show sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected.As an adjective considerate is
consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people); caring.sympathize
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Verb
(North America)- Their countrymen sympathized with their heroes in all their adventures.
- The mind will sympathize so much with the anguish and debility of the body, that it will be too distracted to fix itself in meditation.
- (Dryden)
Usage notes
Used similarly to empathize, interchangeably in looser usage. In stricter usage, (term) is stronger and more intimate, while sympathize is weaker and more distant; see . Further, the general “agree, accord” sense of sympathize is not shared with (term).considerate
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Adjective
(en adjective)- It was very considerate of you to give up your place for your friend.