Pity vs. Sympathy

Pitynoun

(uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.

Pitynoun

(countable) Something regrettable.

Pitynoun

(obsolete) Piety.

Pityverb

(transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something).

Pityverb

To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.

Pityinterjection

Short form of what a pity.

Pitynoun

Piety.

Pitynoun

A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.

Pitynoun

A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted.

Pityverb

To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.

Pityverb

To move to pity; - used impersonally.

Pityverb

To be compassionate; to show pity.

Pitynoun

a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others;

Pitynoun

an unfortunate development;

Pitynoun

the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

Pityverb

share the suffering of

Pity

Pity is a sympathetic sorrow evoked by the suffering of others, and is used in a comparable sense to compassion, condolence or empathy - the word deriving from the Latin pietās (etymon also of piety). Self-pity is pity directed towards oneself.

Sympathynoun

A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion.

Sympathynoun

The ability to share the feelings of another.

Sympathynoun

A mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.

Sympathynoun

Tendency towards or approval of the aims of a movement.

Sympathynoun

Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow-feeling.

Sympathynoun

An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them.

Sympathynoun

Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.

Sympathynoun

The reciprocal influence exercised by organs or parts on one another, as shown in the effects of a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain.

Sympathynoun

A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron.

Sympathynoun

Similarity of function, use office, or the like.

Sympathynoun

an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion;

Sympathynoun

sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

Sympathynoun

a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other;

Sympathy

Sympathy is the perception, understanding, and reaction to the distress or need of another life form. According to David Hume, this sympathetic concern is driven by a switch in viewpoint from a personal perspective to the perspective of another group or individual who is in need.