Pity and Sympathy, the difference
Pity is sympathetic sadness for another's suffering, felt from above. Sympathy is understanding and caring about their pain, felt beside them.
Each in a line
Pity
Pity is sympathetic sadness for another's suffering. The chest carries a soft weight and the face softens. You want their suffering to end without entering it yourself. The feeling includes the asymmetry between your position and theirs.
Sadness family
Sympathy
Sympathy is felt understanding that someone is suffering, with genuine care about their pain. The chest softens and the face responds. You are with them, even from a distance. Unlike empathy, it does not require feeling what they feel.
Social family
Pleasantness and energy
Where each lives in the body
Pity
Head
Lightness
Chest
A faint pull
Face
Slight warmth
Sympathy
Chest
A faint pull
Face
Slight warmth
How long they last
Duration has not been measured for these words.
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