Compassion vs sympathy: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: Compassion or Sympathy

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Compassionnoun

a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

Compassionnoun

the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

Sympathynoun

sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

Sympathynoun

an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

Sympathynoun

a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other

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