Empathy vs. Tolerance
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.
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
Tolerancenoun
willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
Tolerancenoun
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
