different between concurrence vs sympathy

English

Etymology

From Old French concurrence.

Noun

concurrence (countable and uncountable, plural concurrences)

1. Agreement; concurring.
2. An instance of simultaneous occurrence.

Related terms

• concur

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ky.???s/

Etymology 1

concurrent +? -ence

Noun

concurrence f (plural concurrences)

1. competition (action of competing)
2. concurrence (instance of simultaneous occurrence)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Albanian: konkurrencë

Etymology 2

Verb

concurrence

1. first-person singular present indicative of concurrencer
2. third-person singular present indicative of concurrencer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of concurrencer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of concurrencer
5. second-person singular imperative of concurrencer

Further reading

• “concurrence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sympathie, from Late Latin sympath?a (“feeling in common”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sumpátheia, “fellow feeling”), from ???????? (sumpath?s, “affected by like feelings; exerting mutual influence, interacting”) +? -?? (-ia, “-y”, nominal suffix); equivalent to sym- (“acting or considered together”) +? -pathy (“feeling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?m.p??.i/
• Rhymes: -?mp??i

Noun

sympathy (countable and uncountable, plural sympathies)

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

   Synonym: compassion

   1. (in the plural) The formal expression of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
   2. The ability to share the feelings of another.
2. Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.
   1. (in the plural) Support in the form of shared feelings or opinions.
   2. Feeling of loyalty; tendency towards, agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favorable attitude.

3. An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
   1. Mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it.
   2. (art) Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting.

Usage notes

• Used similarly to empathy, interchangeably in looser usage. In stricter usage, empathy is stronger and more intimate, while sympathy is weaker and more distant; see empathy: usage notes.

Antonyms

• contempt (context-dependent)

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “sympathy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “sympathy”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).