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Options have to exist before making a choice.

Option is a minimum of two items of a list from which you will need to choose from

Choice is deciding consciously what you want from the options you have.

You win a competition, you can choose a prize from this list

OPTION A - RED CAR

OPTION B - BLUE CAR

OPTION C - BLACK CAR

OPTION D - WHITE CAR

My choice is option A - a red car OK

My option is choice A- a red car X

You can't say my option is choice A, choice is your opinion, your option is the thing.

In other words, option is a noun for a thing and choice is a noun for your decision.

Examples:

"I had two options (two things in a list, a blue coat/a red coat) I bought the blue coat" OK

"I had two choices (two decisions, to decide to buy the blue coat/to decide to buy the red coat) I decided to buy the blue coat" OK

"I don't have an option" (unavoidable outcome) OK

"I don't have a choice" (unavoidable outcome) OK

"What are my options?" (A, mayonnaise or B, ketchup?) OK

"What are my choices?" (make a conscious decision for A, mayonnaise or B, ketchup) OK

In reality they are interchangeable, ask a native who has no grammatical training, they won't know the difference as it's been learned through habit over the years, they may debate over it. In the end it won't matter unless it's a total grammatical disaster as in the car example.

NOTE: They can both be used as verbs "to choose" and "to opt", but to say "I opt" is quiet rare.

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