choice, option, alternative

[Anonymous]

choice, option, alternative

Teachers, could you explain the difference among them? Also, could you give one or more substitutes for each of them, if there are any? thanks!

[gwendolinest]

An option is one thing which can be chosen from a set of possibilities. When you have chosen one of the options, that is your choice. If you are not happy with that choice, you can choose an alternative – an option different from the one originally chosen.

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[Tdol]

Also, alternative should imply that there are only two possibilities, while there can be any number of options, although many people use alternative where there are more than two. :D