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[sour junco]

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[tall slate]

They're not. Two key differences:
(1) « parce que » can start a sentence but not « car »:
– Je suis ici parce que tu m'as appelé ✅
– Parce que tu m'as appelé, je suis ici ✅
– Je suis ici car tu m'as appelé ✅
– *Car tu m'as appelé, je suis ici ❌
(2) « car » is more formal than « parce que »

[lusty sphinx]

thank you very much! is there anything else to keep in mind when using either?

[tall slate]

Don't think so

[lusty sphinx]

thank you again!

[minor roost]

Neither me knew that

[glad tulip]

You can think of it as

• Parce que = because
• Car = for

I cannot work today, for I am ill.
Not used as often and sounds more old-fashioned or even formal compared to 'parce que', but is otherwise a good synonym.

Then adding on to what Bertie said regarding its position in a phrase:

Because I am ill, I cannot work today.
For I am ill, I cannot work today.
Even in English I'd consider the latter to sound strange at best and wrong at worst.