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.
The new owner is a California investment firm, Toba Capital, which manages a $250 million fund and says itâs ready to invest in expanding the Portland business. Smarsh is already moving to grow its work force and expand its downtown office to make room for the new employees. âItâs been a dramatic difference for us, even in a short amount of time,â said Stephen Marsh, Smarshâs founder and chief executive, reflecting on the new ownership.