Empathy and Sympathy sounds similar but are much different from each other. You seems to be intelligent as well as a kind hearted, So will you answer a simple question? I hope the answer is positive. The question is like : There are 3 friends very close to each other, they are like till death friends. So the condition is one of them whose name is "A" has lost his mother couple of years before, the one whose is "B" still live with his/her mother and the one who is named "C" his mother is also alive. Suddenly one day the mother of "B" died in an accident and this news spread like fire in his village and other two of his friends "A and C" came to his home in a rapid fast and saw his friends condition he is crying and crying. A and C could not see their friend in this condition and they also felt like crying. So, now tell me that which friend will have "Sympathy" and which one will have "Empathy" for their friend ...