confabulate vs shoot the breeze

confabulate and shoot the breeze both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confabulate	No	No	Yes	No
shoot the breeze	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

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

confabulate (verb)	shoot the breeze (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