noteworthy vs pitiful

noteworthy

adj
  • Deserving attention; notable; worthy of notice. 

noun
  • A noteworthy person. 

pitiful

adv
  • In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically. 

adj
  • So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. 

  • Of an amount or number: very small. 

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