pitiful vs miserable

pitiful and miserable both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pitiful	No	Yes	No	No
miserable	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, pitiful and miserable are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of pitiful include hapless, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, wretched.

pitiful (adjective)	miserable (adjective)
bad; unfortunate	of the most contemptible kind
inspiring mixed contempt and pity	of very poor quality or condition
deserving or inciting pity	contemptibly small in amount
	characterized by physical misery
	deserving or inciting pity
	very unhappy; full of misery