different between crabber vs crabbier

English

From crab (“crustacean having five pairs of legs”) +? -er.

crabber (plural crabbers)

A person who catches crabs.
- 1989, National Fisherman (volumes 70-71, page 26)
  Many shrimpers complain that the crabbers place their traps too close together and that they can't go between the traps without snagging their nets.
(nautical) A boat used for catching crabs.
- 1972, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore
  In the bright haze of morning they came into Hort Harbor, where a hundred craft were moored or setting forth: fishermen's boats, crabbers, trawlers, trading-ships, two galleys of twenty oars […]

From crab (“to be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault”) +? -er.

crabber (plural crabbers)

A person who finds fault or criticizes.
Synonyms: criticizer; see also Thesaurus:complainer

crabbier

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