commiseration vs pity

commiseration and pity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
commiseration	Yes	No	No	No
pity	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, commiseration and pity are synonyms defined as:

commiseration and pity: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

Other synonyms of commiseration include pathos, ruth.

commiseration (noun)	pity (noun)
an expression of sympathy with another's grief	the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others	an unfortunate development
	a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

commiseration (verb)	pity (verb)
	share the suffering of