shoot the breeze vs gossip

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

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

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

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

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

shoot the breeze (noun)	gossip (noun)
	light informal conversation for social occasions
	a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
	a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

shoot the breeze (verb)	gossip (verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information	wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
	talk socially without exchanging too much information