Conversation vs. Chat — What's the Difference?

Conversation is interactive communication between two or more people. The development of conversational skills and etiquette is an important part of socialization.

Talk in a friendly and informal way

A talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged

An informal conversation

The exchange of thoughts and feelings by means of speech or sign language

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

An instance of this

Any of a number of small songbirds with harsh calls.

Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.

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

(fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.

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

The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.

An informal, light conversation.

(obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.

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

(archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.

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

(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.

To be engaged in informal conversation.

(obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.

To talk more than a few words.

To engage in conversation (with).

(transitive) To talk of; to discuss.

General course of conduct; behavior.

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

Familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance.

Informal conversation.

Commerce; intercourse; traffic.

A conversation to stop an argument or settle a situation.

Colloquial discourse; oral interchange of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue.

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

Sexual intercourse; as, criminal conversation.

(internet) A chat room.

The use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

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

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

Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.

A small potato, such as is given to swine.

Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

A louse small, parasitic insect.

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

To talk of.

Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.

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.

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

Small stones with ore.

An informal conversation

Birds having a chattering call

Songbirds having a chattering call

Talk socially without exchanging too much information;