Eli5: what is the difference between sympathy and empathy?

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People have tried explaining it to me before and I never really understood the difference. I’m hoping a simple explanation will help.

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I can *empathize* with a mass murderer, because I can put myself into understanding what he felt within his frame of reference that made him make the choices he did.

But I can never *sympathize* with him, and feel sorry about him.

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