DEAR ABBY: Sometimes, when I offer sympathy to someone about a difficult situation they are experiencing by saying, “I’m sorry,” that person will respond by saying, “It’s not your fault,” or “No need ...

Sympathy is understanding someone's emotions and empathy is feeling them.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department apologized for a social media post expressing sympathy for Iranians impacted by U.S. and Israeli bomb strikes. The nation’s largest Sheriff’s department ...

Empathy refers to the ability to understand how a person feels and to experience their emotions. Sympathy refers to feeling for another, such as feeling sorry for them, without actually feeling their ...