confabulate vs discuss

confabulate and discuss both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confabulate	No	No	Yes	No
discuss	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, discuss is a hypernym of confabulate; that is, discuss is a word with a broader meaning than confabulate:

confabulate: have a conference in order to talk something over
discuss: speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion

Other hypernyms of confabulate include hash out, talk over.

confabulate (verb)	discuss (verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information	speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion
have a conference in order to talk something over	to consider or examine in speech or writing
unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory