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empathy = to understand someone else's feeling
sympathy = to share someone's sorry/sad feeling

In case of "empathy", one can understand someone's happy & sad feelings, while in "sympathy" it's only about sad feeling. Does it mean that "sympathy" is a special case of "empathy"?
If yes, then what's the term for the other counterpart, viz. to share/feel someone's happy feeling?

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    This is debated regularly by philosophers.
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Jul 4, 2022 at 12:01
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    If you read the linked questions, you'll see people disagree on the precise meanings of the terms. With that in mind, it's impossible to unambiguously establish their relationship.
    – Stuart F
    Commented Jul 4, 2022 at 13:36

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