A wall reflects light and a mirror also reflects light. What difference is there in the way they reflect light?

The difference between reflection of light from wall and mirror is that the reflection from wall is a diffuse reflection as it has rough surfaces. A parallel beam of light incident on it is reflected in different directions.

Whereas by a mirror it is a regular reflection as mirror surface is smooth. A parallel beam of light incident on it gets scattered by making reflected rays in different directions.


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