אמפתיה

Etymology
From, a twentieth-century borrowing from (formed from  + ), coined by  to translate German. The modern Greek word has an opposite meaning denoting strong negative feelings and prejudice against someone.

Noun

 * 1)  empathy intellectual identification of the thoughts, feelings, or state of another person

Usage notes
Used similarly to, interchangeably in looser usage. In stricter usage, is stronger and more intimate, meaning that the subject understands and shares an emotion with the object – as in “I feel your pain” – while  is weaker and more distant – concern, but not shared emotion: “I care for you”.