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A plane mirror is a flat, as opposed to convex or concave, mirror.

A plain mirror is just a ordinary mirror as used in a household. These are usually flat mirrors so they are also plane mirrors.

Many households have small bathroom mirrors which magnify in this case they would be concave plain mirrors and not concave plane mirrors

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