Difference between Sympathizes and Empathize

SYMPATHIZES vs EMPATHIZE: NOUN

Commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
Someone who shares your feelings and expresses sympathy or hopes that something will be successful

Resents, Acknowledges, Despises, Commiserates, Appreciates, Disagrees, Empathizes, Sympathises, Includes, Comprises, Encompasses, Understands, Commiserate, Understand, Empathize

Empathise, Perceive, Feel, Forgive, Internalize, Confide, Confront, Appreciate, Communicate, Verbalize, Grieve, Comprehend, Commiserate, Understand, Sympathize

Idolizes, Dealing, Insists, Displeased, Pities, Coping, Rankles, Loathes, Hates, Despises, Includes, Comprises, Commiserate, Understand, Empathize

Resonate, Verbalise, Feel, Forgive, Internalize, Confide, Confront, Appreciate, Communicate, Verbalize, Grieve, Comprehend, Commiserate, Understand, Sympathize

Dickens sympathizes with to a point, but ultimately finds irrational and even animalistic.
He supplies these weapons to the replicants and sympathizes with their cause.
Bean meets a cackling witch named Gwen with whom she sympathizes.
Jewish population in Judea and Egypt with whom he sympathizes.
Mouffe sympathizes with alterglobalist development policies like those Chow advocates.
When he sympathizes with Black Lives Matter, beat cops retreat.
Applicant Calvin Lee summarized that George sympathizes with Ms.
He sympathizes with the plight of today's pitcher.
She sympathizes with others when they have difficulties.
Irving sympathizes with Rip at the same time.

Arab world who might otherwise empathize with their plight.
What character do you empathize with, and why?
Everybody can empathize with that in some respects.
People reading newspapers and news sites can empathize.
Ability to empathize with customer needs or situation.
He surely could empathize with the hapless salmon.
Minority races almost always empathize with the Defendant.
But does anyone here empathize with his response?
Fogal, I empathize with what you are saying.
PROFESSIONALISM Trustees work to empathize with debtors, but explain that they cannot empathize too much.