Can I rewrite like that?

[Lie.K.]

Hello

I'd like to ask about the verb "hope" and "want."
Would you take a look at the following sentences?

#1 I hope that my son will be(come) an engineer.
#2 I want my son to be(come) an engineer.

Can I express the same meaning with #1 and #2? I wonder if I can rewrite #1 to #2.
Or does #2 imply "my son" is not an engineer now but "I" wish my son was an engineer?

Thank you.

[Alan]

The two sentences are effectively equivalent: hoping entails wanting, and vice-versa.