Chat vs. Chatter — What's the Difference?

Talk in a friendly and informal way

Talk informally about unimportant matters

An informal conversation

Informal talk

A small Old World songbird of the thrush family, with black, white, and brown coloration and a harsh call.

A series of short, quick high-pitched sounds

Any of a number of small songbirds with harsh calls.

To talk rapidly, incessantly, and on trivial subjects; jabber.

To converse in an easy, familiar manner; talk lightly and casually.

To utter a rapid series of short, inarticulate, speechlike sounds

(Computers) To participate in a synchronous exchange of remarks with one or more people over a computer network.

To click quickly and repeatedly

An informal, light conversation.

To vibrate or rattle while in operation

(Computers) A synchronous exchange of remarks over a computer network.

To utter in a rapid, usually thoughtless way

Any of various birds in the families Muscicapidae or Parulidae that have a chattering call, especially the yellow-breasted chat.

Idle, trivial talk.

To be engaged in informal conversation.

Communication, such as email and phone calls, between people who are involved in terrorism or espionage, as monitored by a government agency.

To talk more than a few words.

The sharp, rapid sounds made by some birds and animals.

(transitive) To talk of; to discuss.

A series of quick rattling or clicking sounds.

To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.

Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.

Informal conversation.

The sound of talking.

A conversation to stop an argument or settle a situation.

The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.

An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.

(internet) A chat room.

An intermittent noise, as from vibration.

The entirety of users in a chat room or a single member thereof.

(uncountable) In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.

Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.

(uncountable) The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.

Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.

One who chats.

A small potato, such as is given to swine.

(Internet) A user of chat rooms.

Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

(intransitive) To talk idly.

A louse small, parasitic insect.

To make a noise by rapid collisions.

To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

To talk of.

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.

To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate.

A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidæ, as the stonechat, and whinchat.

To make a noise by rapid collisions.

A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.

To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.

Small stones with ore.

Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.

An informal conversation

Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.

Birds having a chattering call

Noisy talk

Songbirds having a chattering call

The rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine

Talk socially without exchanging too much information;

The high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)

Click repeatedly or uncontrollably;

Cut unevenly with a chattering tool

Talk socially without exchanging too much information;

Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Make noise as if chattering away;