faire vs jouer

[plain summit]

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faire vs jouer

[hexed flume]

I really need the context because these two aren't remotely talking about the same thing

[fringe bluff]

@full hull

• Faire: to do/to make
• Jouer: to play

[leaden coral]

If you're referring to sports, "jouer" would only really refer to team sports, anything that would fall under a "game", generally speaking
"Faire" is for sports that are not games, faire du vélo etc. Could still be competitive, just not a "game"

If you're referring to instruments, jouer is overall better, but you can use "faire" to refer to habitually playing the instrument as a hobby/regular activity. Jouer is used for that as well but can also refer to the actual act of playing the instrument

In most other contexts, they're quite unrelated verbs

[full hull]

how do i know when to use JOUER à / JOUER de / FAIRE de?

like if i'm told to use « au, à la, à l’, aux » or « du, de la, de l’, des, de ».

[fast goblet]

I saw sth about this and i think when they're sports played in groups you can't use faire

Faire du vélo
Jouer au foot

[hexed flume]

for « jouer à » and « faire », the difference is more along the lines of game vs activity

je joue au foot means you're playing a match of football
je fais du foot means you're doing football as an activity

[leaden coral]

;jouer

[plain summit]

Jouer un rôle
Jouer à un jeu
Jouer d'un instrument

[hexed flume]

as for « jouer de », that's 'to play' in the sense of instruments like music

je joue du violon, je joue de la guitare