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Twitter and tweeter (4)

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I believe the answer is:

chat

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This clue might be a double definition.

'twitter' is the first definition.
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'tweeter' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for chat that I've seen before include "Talk easily; songbird" , "Talk amiably - bird" , "Talk informally; bird" , "Exchange text or voice messages through a computer" , "Talk casually" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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