Education English | Synonyms Of Words : Pity, Compassion and Sympathy | Pity, Compassion and Sympathy has the same meaning, namely compassion or pity, but all three have different functions.
Pity is a noun and a verb meaning to feel the sadness of other people.
example :
as noun : We felt pity for the poor family
as verb : She is to be pitted.
Compassion means sad the suffering of others and try to help.
example : Moved by the compassion he let them go without paying their debt to him.
Sympathy mean really understand or feel sadness or distress of others because of the closeness he felt with
that person.
example : To express their sympathy or her husband's death they sent flowers.
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