confabulate vs chew the fat

confabulate and chew the fat both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

confabulate (verb)	chew the fat (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