Mirrors vs Lenses - similarities and differences?

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What is the difference between mirrors and lenses? I mean in terms of how light reflects/refract, similarties and differences etc. Provide some explanations.
If possible, provide some web links =D thanks

pierrot bules · Accepted Answer

A mirror is a reflective surface. Light passes through the glass and hits the silver backing, reflecting off of it.  (The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.)  A lens, on the other hand, does not reflect light; it refracts it. After entering the glass, light refracts differently depending on the shape of the lens and also creates a focal point where the refracting light comes to a point. This differs for different lenses -- convex or concave -- which is why there are different lenses for different types of eyeglasses.

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/PY106/Lenses.html
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/waves-optics/in-optics-what-is-the-difference-between-a-real-image-and-a-virtual-image-how-does-it-differ-between-mirrors-and-lenses
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7190530/description.html
http://users.ipfw.edu/masters/Optics%20CCLI%20Project/labs%20II/Lab%2008%20Curved%20Mirrors.pdf
http://sun.menloschool.org/~jdann/PPB%20physics1/4Optics_Menlo.pdf

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