As a teacher who teaches Language you should know that those two words are interchangeable with each other…… or synonyms.
Sympathy vs. Empathy Difference
The difference in meaning is usually explained with some variation of the following: sympathy is when you share the feelings of another; empathy is when you understand the feelings of another but do not necessarily share them.
How are they for wildlife ? Undeveloped is good sometimes. Much of where I hunted 50 years ago is now housing developments. Of course undeveloped doesn't mean wildlife. There is more wildlife on the moon than there is on the hunting game lands in my stupid state.
The difference in meaning is usually explained with some variation of the following: sympathy is when you share the feelings of another; empathy is when you understand the feelings of another but do not necessarily share them.