pity vs sympathy

pity

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

  • Something regrettable. 

intj
  • Short form of what a pity. 

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

  • To feel pity for (someone or something). 

sympathy

noun
  • A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another. 

  • Support in the form of shared feelings or opinions. 

  • Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting. 

  • The formal expression of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune. 

  • The ability to share the feelings of another. 

  • Mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it. 

  • An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition. 

  • Feeling of loyalty; tendency towards, agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favorable attitude. 

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