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Generally more expensive shorts will have more panels (or some sort of variable weave equivalent to extra panels) which should theoretically give a better fit. You get a decent idea of fit by trying them on over your pants, but unfortunately finding a chamois you like is a bit more hit and miss.
The attraction of bibshorts is that they don't rely on elastication at the waist to hold them up, so tend to stay positioned better and pinch less at the waist. I am a bibshort convert for this reason. Despite being on the skinny side I used to find that shorts really pinched at the waist or worked themselves down as I rode.