chew the fat vs shoot the breeze

chew the fat and shoot the breeze both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chew the fat	No	No	Yes	No
shoot the breeze	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

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

chew the fat (verb)	shoot the breeze (verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information	talk socially without exchanging too much information