shoot the breeze vs chat

shoot the breeze is not a noun while chat is a noun.

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

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

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

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

shoot the breeze (noun)	chat (noun)
	songbirds having a chattering call
	birds having a chattering call
	an informal conversation

shoot the breeze (verb)	chat (verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information	talk socially without exchanging too much information