chin-wagging vs chat

chin-wagging and chat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chin-wagging	Yes	No	No	No
chat	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, chat is a hypernym of chin-wagging; that is, chat is a word with a broader meaning than chin-wagging:

Other hypernyms of chin-wagging include confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze.

chin-wagging (noun)	chat (noun)
light informal conversation for social occasions	songbirds having a chattering call
	birds having a chattering call
	an informal conversation

chin-wagging (verb)	chat (verb)
	talk socially without exchanging too much information