chew the fat vs chaffer

chew the fat and chaffer both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of chew the fat include chat, chatter, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit.

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