confab vs schmooze

confab and schmooze both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confab	Yes	No	Yes	No
schmooze	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, confab and schmooze are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of confab include chat, confabulation, schmoose.

As verbs, schmooze is a hyponym of confab; that is, schmooze is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confab:

Other hyponyms of confab include jawbone, schmoose, shmoose, shmooze.

confab (noun)	schmooze (noun)
an informal conversation	an informal conversation

confab (verb)	schmooze (verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information	talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
have a conference in order to talk something over