Empathy vs. Tolerance

Empathy vs. Tolerance — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Empathy and Tolerance

Empathynoun

Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.

She had a lot of empathy for her neighbor; she knew what it was like to lose a parent too.

Tolerancenoun

The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.

Empathynoun

Capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.

Tolerancenoun

(uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.

Empathynoun

A paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions.

Tolerancenoun

(uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.

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Empathynoun

understanding and entering into another's feelings

Tolerancenoun

(countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.

Tolerancenoun

(uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.

Tolerancenoun

the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions

Tolerancenoun

a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

Tolerancenoun

the act of tolerating something

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Tolerancenoun

willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others

Tolerancenoun

a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits