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The Effect of Path Difference

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State any one difference between interference of light and diffraction of light.

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One difference between interference of light and diffraction of light is :
Interference : Interference is due to superposition of light waves coming from two coherent sources.
Diffraction : Diffraction is due to interference of secondary wavelets coming from different parts of the same source.

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