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shoot the breeze vs shmooze

shmooze vs shoot the breeze

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

shoot the breeze and shmooze both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shoot the breeze No No Yes No
shmooze Yes No Yes No
As verbs, shmooze is a hyponym of shoot the breeze; that is, shmooze is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shoot the breeze:
  • shoot the breeze: talk socially without exchanging too much information
  • shmooze: talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
Other hyponyms of shoot the breeze include jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose.
shoot the breeze (noun) shmooze (noun)
(Yiddish) a warm heart-to-heart talk
shoot the breeze (verb) shmooze (verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
Difference between shoot the breeze and shmooze

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