What is the difference between Diffraction and Refraction?

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What is the difference between Diffraction and Refraction?..

Answer / g.jayaprakash

Refraction is bending of light due to different veelocities
of light in different media but diffraction is bending of
light around the edge of an obstacle.

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What is the difference between Diffraction and Refraction?..

Answer / dadcx

Refraction is the the bending of waves when it goes through different mediums and diffraction is the bending of waves when it meets and obstacle or edge

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What is the difference between Diffraction and Refraction?..

Answer / stephanie

refraction is velocities of light and defraction is bending
o0f light.

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