Caring vs. Empathy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Caring and Empathy
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Caring
Displaying kindness and concern for others
A caring and invaluable friend
Empathy
Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference, that is, the capacity to place oneself in another's position. Definitions of empathy encompass a broad range of emotional states.
Caring
The work or practice of looking after those unable to care for themselves, especially on account of age or illness
The caring professions
Empathy
The ability to identify with or understand the perspective, experiences, or motivations of another individual and to comprehend and share another individual's emotional state.
Caring
Feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others.
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Empathy
The projection of one's own feelings or thoughts onto something else, such as an object in a work of art or a character in a novel or film.
Caring
(of a person) Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.
She's a very caring person; she always has a kind word for everyone.
Empathy
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
She had a lot of empathy for her neighbor; she knew what it was like to lose a parent too.
Caring
Present participle of care
Empathy
Capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.
Caring
The act of one who cares.
Empathy
A paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions.
Caring
A loving feeling
Empathy
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Caring
Showing a care;
A caring mother
Empathy
Understanding and entering into another's feelings
Caring
Having or displaying warmth or affection;
Affectionate children
Caring parents
A fond embrace
Fond of his nephew
A tender glance
A warm embrace
Caring
Feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others;
Caring friends
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