shoot the breeze vs chew the fat

shoot the breeze and chew the fat both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shoot the breeze	No	No	Yes	No
chew the fat	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

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

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