Empathic and empathetic

empathic= feel strongly about what you are saying.
empathetic= when you share feelings or opinions as if they were your own.

emphatic=feel strongly about what you are saying.

empathic=when you share feelings or opinions as it they were your own.

sympathetic=when you care about another's situation

It seems "empathetic" is a combination of empathic and sympathetic.

0 I believe the two are synonymous and can be used interchangeably. In response to the definition hat someone gave to empathic, I believe they may have been describing emphatic. 0-

Empathic and empathetic have been used interchangably in counseling research, however empathic has been used more often. Empathy is understanding the inner world of another but recognizing that experience is not your own. From my understanding, you may tap into your own experiences to understand where the person is coming from, however, the respect for that person owning the experience or feeling

The word empathetic is not proper usage.

It was added to the dictionary in response to frequent improper usage.
Empathic is to empathy as sympathetic is to sympathy.
Although the root words seem similar, the construction of the adjective differs.

The word meaning to feel strongly about what you say is "emphatic" not "empathic"

Empathic vs. empathetic....Newer dictionaries (and certainly online) seem to show both words as acceptable, often using one to define the other-- thus advancing them as interchangeable. In the 1970s and 1980s (I have no idea about earlier), empathetic was considered incorrect-- a word form used by the uneducated. Empathic was the acceptable adjective for empathy, unlike the adjective for sympathy

You are correct. It reminds me of "should have went". Guess we will see that phrase soon.

Fantastic responses from all. I love the piggy backing of ideas and explanations and as I was searching for an answer, I feel I now have it!

Thank you, this post was very helpful. I work in mental health and only use "empathic".