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Affecting vs Pitiful - What's the difference?

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Affecting is a related term of pitiful.


As adjectives the difference between affecting and pitiful

is that affecting is producing strong feelings and emotions while pitiful is feeling pity; merciful.

As a verb affecting

is .

affecting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Producing strong feelings and emotions.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • pitiful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pitifull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (pitifuller)
  • Feeling pity; merciful.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
    • Straightway, he now goes on to make a full confession; whereupon the mariners became more and more appalled, but still are pitiful .
  • So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
    • Scotland has a pitiful climate.
  • Very small (of an amount or number).
    • A pitiful number of students bothered to turn up.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * pitiable * pity