shoot the breeze vs chit-chat

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

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

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

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

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

shoot the breeze (noun)	chit-chat (noun)
	light informal conversation for social occasions

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