What is the difference between a Catch 22 situation and a Hobson’s Choice situation?

Question

Or are they basically the same? Thank you for any help.

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Answer 1

Hobson is the illusion of choice where there is none.

Catch 22 is a self-referential issue where you always get nothing. So the problem is you lost your watch, so you go find your watch, no problem. But what if instead you lost your glasses, and you need your glasses to find your glasses? You’re in a Catch 22, the fact that you have no solution to the problem is in the problem itself.