shoot the breeze vs chitchat

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

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

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

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

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

shoot the breeze (noun)	chitchat (noun)
	light informal conversation for social occasions

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