While both of these things exist to some degree, popular media depictions of both are highly exaggerated and sensationalized.
While both seek to alter a person’s behavior or worldview, hypnosis is a therapeutic process done with the consent and cooperation of the subject, guiding them through a sort of meditative process to help alter their behavior toward a desirable goal.
Brainwashing is an antagonistic process designed to break a person down psychologically, usually though torture methods, in order to destroy a world view in order to implement your own.
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