School districts and charter schools that enroll as Medicaid providers can receive reimbursement for school-based services provided that: The child is eligible for Medicaid Each service is specifically identified on an Individualized Education Program (IEP)
So you can clearly see the difference between the two words. Sympathy is a compassion and sorrow one feels for another, but empathy is more focused around personally identifying with or projecting oneself into anotherâs situation.
Compassion does not involve sharing of feeling with someone. You do not step into the shoes of the sufferer when you show compassion to him or her. Without understanding his or her feeling, you would simply feel sorry for him or her. This, of course, is the only and the main difference between empathy and compassion. This makes it easy for one to have compassion towards another than empathy. Now let us move on to the next word, empathy.