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You have it backwards at least as how the terms are defined. I admit though that they are often used as synonyms. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/sympa

• ralfd 1y ago
  > Empathy involves actively sharing in the person’s emotional experience. hm, i think Fricken has it right: He is actively sharing in the other persons emotional experience, it just is that he is feeling glee about it. Actually the higher the empathy (knowing that the other person is a superfan and knowing how much the other teams losing sucks for them) the higher the delight. It is similar in war: If you are in the trenches you know exactly how your enemy in their trench is feeling (and know how they are feeling about you). But that doesnt mean they get your solidarity or mercy.