| VERB | creation | confabulate | unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | confabulate, chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit | talk socially without exchanging too much information | |
| communication | confabulate, confer, confab, consult | have a conference in order to talk something over |
| Meaning | unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
| Broader | fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent | make up something artificial or untrue |
| Nouns | confabulation | (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered |
| Meaning | talk socially without exchanging too much information. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit | |
| Narrower | shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone | talk / talk idly or casually and in a friendly way |
| Broader | converse, discourse | carry on a conversation |
| Spanish | charlar, chatear, chat, chismear, confabularse, cotillear, garlar, parlar, parlotear, platicar, visitar | |
| Catalan | confabular-se, conversar, fer un xat, garlar, parlotejar, petar, visitar, xafardejar, xarrar, xatejar, xerrar | |
| Nouns | confabulation | an informal conversation |
| Meaning | Have a conference in order to talk something over. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | confer, confab, consult | |
| Narrower | collogue | confer secretly |
| Broader | hash out, discuss, talk over | speak with others about (something) |
| Spanish | acordar, confabular, conferenciar, conferir, consultar, debatir | |
| Catalan | acordar, confabular, conferir, consultar | |
| Nouns | confabulation | an informal conversation |
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