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very different, because they aren’t (typically) wired in the same way.
what gives (typical) humbuckers their sound is two coils being wired in series. on the other hand positions 2 and 4 in strats get their sound from the two coils being wired in parallel.
if you have a chance try a HSS guitar with coil splitting in position 2. i think most have it these days. that will give you
position 1: full bridge humbucker (series)
position 2: split-humbucker bridge + middle pickup in parallel
A/B those switch positions and you will understand the difference very quickly.
The separation between the two single coils leads to phase cancellation too which is what gives the quack sound.
Also, it's easy to wire and/or switch a 4-wire humbucker in parallel, so that would be the interesting thing to compare. Or wire the singles in series. Though that will interfere with your normal switching.