Aside from the spelling ... !!!
2007-01-28 21:14:32 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Sympathy: Oh, so you are bored too huh?
Pity: Oh...you are bored? poor thing.
2007-01-29 02:18:17 · answer #1 · answered by White 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sympathy is an emotional affinity in which whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other, and its synonym is pity. Sympathy exists when the feelings or emotions of one person give rise to similar feelings in another person, creating a state of shared feeling. In common usage, sympathy is usually the sharing of unhappiness or suffering, but it can also refer to sharing other (positive) emotions as well. In a broader sense, it can refer to the sharing of political or ideological sentiments, such as in the phrase "a communist sympathiser".
Pity is an emotion, usually resulting from an encounter with an unfortunate, injured, or pathetic person or creature. A person experiencing pity will often take mercy on the person/creature, giving them aid or money. Many people pity the homeless, orphans, the terminally ill, and victims of rape and torture.
Because pity will result in people aiding the pitiful, most people consider it a positive thing. Often, the word is used alone in speaking to refer to something unfortunate.
2007-01-28 21:21:04 · answer #2 · answered by karikool 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way I've heard it explained, sympathy is feeling sorry about what happened, while pity is feeling sorry for the person it happened to.
2007-01-28 21:24:10 · answer #3 · answered by cruztacean1964 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Sympathy is good. Pity is bad.
2007-01-28 21:20:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my mind, sympathy means you genuinely care for the person and want to do something to help. Pity means that you pass judgement on the person and feel that he/she has brought the situation on himself. You probably won't find that in Webster's, but that's how I see it.
2007-01-29 00:29:30 · answer #5 · answered by comet girl...DUCK! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sympathy is a loving "i can relate to your pain"
Pity is a "Dude, I would hate to be you right now"
2007-01-29 00:17:18 · answer #6 · answered by ecogeek4ever 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's all in the looks, when giving pity, u give the oh-how-glad-i'm not-u look and the customaty pat on the back
with sympathy u have to keep smiling all the time when giving it, plus the odd cooing noise in the throat
2007-01-28 21:37:46 · answer #7 · answered by pixoncoke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sympathy lends itself to equality in suffering whereas pity is pious.
2007-01-28 21:20:59 · answer #8 · answered by Ellie W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sympathy is when you can feel for the other person. Pity is pathetic.
2007-01-28 21:41:36 · answer #9 · answered by jipp 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a very thin line.......sympathy is for a sudden tragedy - pity is ongoing
2007-01-28 21:20:36 · answer #10 · answered by Lolitta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋