Empathy denotes the ability to understand and share the feelings of another (having shared the same, or a similar, experience). Sympathy denotes feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune. Writers often confuse empathy and sympathy. These two words are similar in meaning, but they are not the same. If you use the wrong one, you will either change the meaning of your sentence or be spotted as someone who doesn't know the difference. The noun empathy denotes the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. This ability usually derives from having shared the same, or a similar, experience. For example, you can have empathy for a poor person if you are, or were, poor.
Tim Hortons is a stand-alone public company that is trading on Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange. As of August 2014, Burger King has finalized a deal to buy Tim Hortons. Expert Answers. Tim Horton, who played in the National Hockey League from 1949 founded the chain of coffee shops in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario.
[X] Gary Brackett is now the sole owner of the local Stacked Pickle restaurant chain. The former Indianapolis Colts linebacker became an investor in the chain a few years ago and bought out the remaining shares of founder Chris Long effective Oct. 31, Brackett told IBJ. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.