The difference between Apathy and Sympathy
When used as nouns, apathy means lack of emotion or motivation, whereas sympathy means a feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
check bellow for the other definitions of Apathy and Sympathy
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Apathy as a noun:
Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
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Sympathy as a noun:
A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion.
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Sympathy as a noun:
The ability to share the feelings of another.
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Sympathy as a noun:
A mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
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Sympathy as a noun:
Tendency towards or approval of the aims of a movement.
Examples:
"Many people in Hollywood were blacklisted merely because they were suspected of Communist sympathies."
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Sympathy as a noun:
Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting.