different between drabber vs grabber

English

Etymology

drab +? -er

Adjective

drabber

1. comparative form of drab: more drab

Noun

drabber (plural drabbers)

1. A hair product that works against natural colour to make the hair more drab.
2. (obsolete) One who associates with drabs; a wencher.
   • 1632, Philip Massinger, The City Madam

     I well know him
     For a most insatiate drabber . He hath given,
     Before he spent his own estate , which was
     Nothing to the huge mass he's now possess'd of,
     A hundred pound a leap

References

• drabber in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

grab +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???æb.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æb?(?)

Noun

grabber (plural grabbers)

1. One who, or that which, grabs (seizes).
   • 1985, Ebony (volume 40, number 12, page 130)

     Another money grabber, according to Ms. Chapman, is the woman who makes $30,000-$40,000 or more a year, but lives as though she makes twice as much.

2. (television, film) A line of dialogue, etc. that captures the viewer's attention.
   • 2001, Lydia Wilen, Joan Wilen, How to Sell Your Screenplay (page 166)

     Get to the story and make sure that line 6 or 7 is a grabber. TV viewers have attention spans of fifteen seconds, and then they hit the remote.

3. A machine in an amusement arcade containing prizes which the player must attempt to pick up with a mechanical grabbing arm.

Derived terms

• code grabber
• frame grabber
• video grabber