It's best viewed as a continuum between nearly no control over your working environment and nearly total control over your working environment. On that continuum, WFO is clearly closer to the latter pole and WFH is clearly closer to the former pole. It's not a binary though. The best WFO experience I had was where I had, shocker, an actual office, just like I do when I WFH. I could shut the door, shut out noise and visual distraction, and get stuff done. On the other hand so-called offices today aim to replicate the experience of a high school lunchroom and are about as good a place for me to get work done. They are very close to the nearly no control pole and I and many others frankly despise them with good reason.