consult vs confabulate

consult and confabulate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, consult and confabulate are synonyms defined as:

consult and confabulate: have a conference in order to talk something over

Other synonyms of consult include confab, confer.

consult (verb)	confabulate (verb)
advise professionally	talk socially without exchanging too much information
seek information from	have a conference in order to talk something over
get or ask advice from	unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
have a conference in order to talk something over