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They are very similar. Both are options to purchase stock at a fixed price. Warrants are typically issued to institional investors in conjunction with another debt or equity investment, while options are typically stand-alone. (A stock option can also be an option to sell a stock at a fixed price. I have never seen a warrant that is an option to sell stock, but it is possible to draft such an agreement.)

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To me they'd be just different terms for the same thing.

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