Dedication

This post is dedicated to a very dear friend of mine - our very own handsome man, a charming conversationist, a Wodehouse and Viju Shah fan at the same time.

Exhibit A (Courtesy: m-w.com).

Main Entry:

em·pa·thy

Pronunciation:

ˈem-pə-thē

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Greek empatheia, literally, passion, from empathēs emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion — more at pathos

Date:

1850

1: the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it 2: the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also : the capacity for this

Main Entry:

sym·pa·thy

Pronunciation:

ˈsim-pə-thē

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural sym·pa·thies

Etymology:

Latin sympathia, from Greek sympatheia, from sympathēs having common feelings, sympathetic, from syn- + pathos feelings, emotion, experience — more at pathos

Date:

1579

1 a: an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other b: mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it c: unity or harmony in action or effect sympathy with the scheme as a whole — Edwin Benson 2 a: inclination to think or feel alike : emotional or intellectual accord sympathy with their goals b: feeling of loyalty : tendency to favor or support sympathies 3 a: the act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interests of another b: the feeling or mental state brought about by such sensitivity sympathy for the poor 4: the correlation existing between bodies capable of communicating their vibrational energy to one another through some medium

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Exhibit B (Courtesy: askoxford.com).

empathize (also empathise)

• verb: understand and share the feelings of another.

sympathy

• noun (pl. sympathies) 1 feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune. 2 understanding between people; common feeling. 3 support for or approval of something. 4 (in sympathy) relating harmoniously to something else; in keeping. 5 the state or fact of responding in a way corresponding to an action elsewhere.

— ORIGIN Greek sumpatheia, from sun- ‘with’ + pathos ‘feeling’.

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Exhibit C (Courtesy: dictionary.com)


en- ¹ or em- or in-
pref.

1. 1. To put into or onto: encapsulate.
   2. To go into or onto: enplane.
2. To cover or provide with: enrobe.
3. To cause to be: endear.
4. Thoroughly. Used often as an intensive: entangle.

syn- or sym-
pref.

1. 1. Together; with: synecology.
   2. United: syncarp.
   3. Same; similar: sympatric.
   4. At the same time: synesthesia.
2. 1. Same; similar: sympatric.
   2. At the same time: synesthesia.

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