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differnces of similarities between light and sound

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Different: Sound is mechanical wave and light is electromagnetic wave.
Similar: Both are forms of energy

SIMILARITIES: Light and sound waves both travel through the air.

Light and sound both bounce off walls.

Light and sound can both be refracted.

DIFFERENCES: Sound has a pitch "measure of the sounds frequency" and light does not have a pitch.

You can see light waves but you can't see sound waves. You can hear sound.

Sound waves need a medium and light does not.