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You can compare it by saying that each of them occur when a light transfers through one meduim to another. That's one way of explaining it.

That is incorrect :( It happens when light is shone onto or through a different medium. Reflection happens when light is shone ONTO a mirror, you cant shine light THROUGH a mirror.

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