shoot the breeze vs chatter

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

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

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

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

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

shoot the breeze (noun)	chatter (noun)
	noisy talk
	the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
	the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine

shoot the breeze (verb)	chatter (verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information	speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
	talk socially without exchanging too much information
	make noise as if chattering away
	cut unevenly with a chattering tool
	click repeatedly or uncontrollably