chaffer vs chew the fat

chaffer and chew the fat both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chaffer	No	No	Yes	No
chew the fat	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, chaffer and chew the fat are synonyms defined as:

chaffer and chew the fat: talk socially without exchanging too much information

chaffer (verb)	chew the fat (verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information	talk socially without exchanging too much information
wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)