schmoose vs jaw

jaw vs schmoose

schmoose and jaw both are nouns.

schmoose and jaw both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
schmoose	Yes	No	Yes	No
jaw	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, jaw is a hypernym of schmoose; that is, jaw is a word with a broader meaning than schmoose:

schmoose: talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
jaw: talk socially without exchanging too much information

Other hypernyms of schmoose include chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, natter, shoot the breeze, visit.

schmoose (noun)	jaw (noun)
an informal conversation	holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
	the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
	the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

schmoose (verb)	jaw (verb)
talk idly or casually and in a friendly way	talk socially without exchanging too much information
	censure severely or angrily
	talk incessantly and tiresomely
	chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

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