shoot the breeze vs confab

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

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

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

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

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

shoot the breeze (noun)	confab (noun)
	an informal conversation

shoot the breeze (verb)	confab (verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information	talk socially without exchanging too much information
	have a conference in order to talk something over