There are cash settled futures there are closer to options in that they’re purely financial, but even those don’t have optionality at maturity.
Generally a dangerous thing to have as synonyms regardless, otherwise you end up with a coal barge in the east river https://thedailywtf.com/articles/special-delivery
Remembering: WTF was quite popular 20 years ago! :)
Regarding this story: I guess for most private participants, physical delivery is not possible/excluded