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schmooze vs shoot the breeze

shoot the breeze vs schmooze

schmooze is a noun but shoot the breeze is not a noun.

schmooze and shoot the breeze both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
schmooze Yes No Yes No
shoot the breeze No No Yes No
As verbs, shoot the breeze is a hypernym of schmooze; that is, shoot the breeze is a word with a broader meaning than schmooze:
  • schmooze: talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
  • shoot the breeze: talk socially without exchanging too much information
Other hypernyms of schmooze include chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, visit.
schmooze (noun) shoot the breeze (noun)
an informal conversation
schmooze (verb) shoot the breeze (verb)
talk idly or casually and in a friendly way talk socially without exchanging too much information
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