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

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Mirror will reflect the light with the same angle of incidence and reflection without any loss of intensity of light. Whereas, after reflecting from a wall, angle of incidence will not be equal to the angle of reflection and there will be some loss in intensity of light. It will not be a perfect reflection.

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