chew the fat vs confabulate

chew the fat and confabulate both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

chew the fat (verb)	confabulate (verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information	talk socially without exchanging too much information
	have a conference in order to talk something over
	unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory