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shmoose vs shoot the breeze

shoot the breeze vs shmoose

shmoose and shoot the breeze both are verbs.

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

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