confab

nouns

an informal conversation
chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze

verbs

talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit
have a conference in order to talk something over
"We conferred about a plan of action"
confab, confabulate, confer, consult