The difference between Rabbit and Shoot the breeze

When used as verbs, rabbit means to hunt rabbits, whereas shoot the breeze means to chat idly or generally waste time talking.

Rabbit is also noun with the meaning: a mammal of the family leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.

check bellow for the other definitions of Rabbit and Shoot the breeze

Rabbit as a noun:

A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.

Examples:

"The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get: rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon."
Rabbit as a noun:

The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
Rabbit as a noun:

A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
Rabbit as a noun (cricket):

A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
Rabbit as a noun (comptheory):

A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare .

Rabbit as a verb (intransitive):

To hunt rabbits.
Rabbit as a verb (US, intransitive):

To flee.

Examples:

"The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit."

Rabbit as a verb (British, intransitive):

To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.

Examples:

"Stop your infernal rabbiting! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!"

"Commonly used in the form "to rabbit on"

Shoot the breeze as a verb (idiomatic, US):

To chat idly or generally waste time talking.

Examples:

"We were just standing around shooting the breeze."