pity vs sympathy
sympathy vs pitypity and sympathy both are nouns.
pity is a verb but sympathy is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pity | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| sympathy | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
sympathy is a hypernym of
pity; that is, sympathy is a
word with a broader meaning than pity:
- pity: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
- sympathy: sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
Other hypernyms of pity include
fellow feeling.
| pity (noun) | sympathy (noun) |
|---|---|
| the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it | an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion |
| an unfortunate development | sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) |
| a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other |
| pity (verb) | sympathy (verb) |
|---|---|
| share the suffering of |
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