Difference between Pitiful and Sorry

PITIFUL vs SORRY: NOUN

Very small (of an amount or number).
So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
Feeling pity; merciful.
To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
Inspiring mixed contempt and pity
Deserving or inciting pity
Inspiring or deserving pity.
Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy. : pathetic.
Filled with pity or compassion.
Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
Bad; unfortunate

Feeling or expressing sorrow or pity
Having regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
Keenly sorry or regretful
Causing dejection
Poor, sad or regrettable.
Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
Poor; mean; worthless.
Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.
Causing sorrow, grief, or misfortune; grievous.
Worthless or inferior; paltry.
Feeling or expressing regret.
Feeling or expressing sympathy or pity.
Feeling or expressing sorrow.
Depressing in character or appearance
Without merit
Bad; unfortunate
Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling.

Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.

Unfortunate
Bad
To be pitied for its littleness or meanness; paltry; insignificant; contemptible; despicable.
Exciting or fitted to excite pity or compassion; miserable; deplorable; sad: as, a pitiful condition; a pitiful look.
Full of pity; tender; compassionate; having a feeling of sorrow and sympathy for the distressed.

To sorrow; grieve.
Feeling sorrow; grieved; sorrowful; unhappy; sad; pained; especially, feeling repentance or regret: noting either deep or slight, prolonged or transient, emotion.
Causing sorrow; painful; grievous; mournful.
Associated with sorrow; suggestive of grief or suffering; melancholy; dismal.
Vile; wretched; worthless; mean; paltry; poor.
Synonyms Vexed, chagrined.
Pitiful, shabby.
Unfortunate
Bad
Without merit; of little or no value or use

Misfortunate, Distressing, Sorry, Bad, Sad, Hapless, Deplorable, Contemptible, Piteous, Poor, Lamentable, Miserable, Pitiable, Wretched, Pathetic

Penitent, Rueful, Compassionate, Deplorable, Lamentable, Pitying, Repentant, Distressing, Pitiful, Bad, Unhappy, Contrite, Remorseful, Regretful, Sad

Misfortunate, Distressing, Sorry, Bad, Sad, Hapless, Deplorable, Contemptible, Piteous, Poor, Lamentable, Miserable, Pitiable, Wretched, Pathetic

Penitent, Rueful, Compassionate, Deplorable, Lamentable, Pitying, Repentant, Distressing, Pitiful, Bad, Unhappy, Contrite, Remorseful, Regretful, Sad

Canaanite provincials as pitiful and of little consequence.
Good ground, be pitiful and hurt me not!
He will be seen naked in pitiful disorder.
We are not excessively pitiful of his case.
Poor pitiful me, how I had been wronged.
But the birth itself is still more pitiful.
All he does is cry poor pitiful me.
Really pitiful players may bring a croquet mallet.
Jesus is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
The women first break their men into a pitiful betas, unless they already were pitiful.

Sorry, this is only a short answer space.
Now i felt sorry for him and guilty.
Sorry, an error occurred when processing your transaction.
Sorry, that file does not contain wget commands.
Sorry, you do not have an open order.
Sorry but we could not find your vehicle.
Sorry there are no data for your Interests.
Gilmer: You felt sorry for her; you felt sorry for her?
Unfortunately not we are sorry about that, the freshmaps are not longer available, sorry.
Sorry, but the author of this post seemed like a douchebag, not sorry.