The difference between Pitiable and Poor
When used as adjectives, pitiable means that deserves, evokes or can be given pity, whereas poor means with little or no possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
Poor is also noun with the meaning: those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.
check bellow for the other definitions of Pitiable and Poor
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Pitiable as an adjective:
That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.
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Poor as an adjective:
With little or no possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
Examples:
"We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes."
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Poor as an adjective:
Of low quality.
Examples:
"That was a poor performance."
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Poor as an adjective:
Used to express pity.
Examples:
"Oh you poor little thing."
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Poor as an adjective:
Deficient in a specified way.
Examples:
"Cow's milk is poor in iron."
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Poor as an adjective:
Inadequate, insufficient.
Examples:
"I received a poor reward for all my hard work."
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Poor as an adjective:
Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
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Poor as a noun (with "the"):
Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.
Examples:
"The poor are always with us."