Sympathy is a social affinity in which one person stands with another person, closely understanding her or his feelings. Sympathy comes from the Latin sympatha, from Greek: ????????? transliterated as sympatheia, from ??? + ????? = ???????? literally: to suffer together or "feeling with." It also can mean being affected by like feelings or emotions. Thus the essence of sympathy is that one has a strong concern for the other person. Sympathy should not be confused with empathy (more than simply the recognition of another's suffering, empathy is actually sharing another's suffering, if only briefly). Sympathy exists when the feelings or emotions of one person are deeply understood and even appreciated by another person.In common usage, sympathy is usually making known one's understanding of another's unhappiness or suffering, but it can also refer to being aware of other (positive) emotions as well.In a broader sense, it

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