The difference between Banter and Conversation
When used as nouns, banter means good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation, whereas conversation means interaction.
When used as verbs, banter means to engage in banter or playful conversation, whereas conversation means to engage in conversation (with).
check bellow for the other definitions of Banter and Conversation
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Banter as a noun:
Good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
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Banter as a verb (intransitive):
To engage in banter or playful conversation.
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Banter as a verb (intransitive):
To play or do something amusing.
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Banter as a verb (transitive):
To tease (someone) mildly.
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Banter as a verb (transitive):
To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
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Banter as a verb (transitive):
To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
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Banter as a verb (transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial):
To challenge to a match.
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Conversation as a noun (obsolete):
Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
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Conversation as a noun (archaic):
Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
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Conversation as a noun (obsolete):
Sexual intercourse.
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Conversation as a noun (obsolete):
Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.; understanding, familiarity.
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Conversation as a noun:
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
Examples:
"I had an interesting conversation with Nicolas yesterday about how much he's getting paid."
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Conversation as a noun (fencing):
The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
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Conversation as a noun (computing):
The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
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Conversation as a verb (nonstandard, ambitransitive):
To engage in conversation (with).