Most likely there is a separate check-box for 'freelancer/gig-worker' and 'self-employed' because not everyone who is a freelancer or gig-worker is aware that they are self-employed.
If this is their first year doing that type of work they could recognize that they are a gig-worker or freelancer, but when another company is paying them to do that work, not everyone realizes that if the tax document they receive is not a W-2, then they are not an employee of that company.
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