compassionate vs pity

compassionate

adj
  • Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone). 

  • Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family. 

pity

intj
  • Short form of what a pity. 

noun
  • Something regrettable. 

  • A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. 

verb
  • To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of. 

  • To feel pity for (someone or something). 

How often have the words compassionate and pity occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )