Path

So... today a friend and I were discussing empathy* and sympathy**. We couldn't figure out which was which but we began to break down these words.

(Em-path-y) - Notice "path" in this word
(Sym-path-y)- "Path" is also in this word

Some words that "path" is also in...

Pathology
Pathogen
Pathetic
Pyschopath
Apathy

Okay so do you see a trend here. Seems like Sympathy and Empathy are not that great they may in fact be pathological, pathogenic, pathetic, an emotion of a pyschopath. I wish I was Apathetic.

*Empathy-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 .

**Sympathy- the act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interests of another