what is difference between light waves and sound waves
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ashutoshsharma2
Light travels as transverse waves and can travel through a vacuum. Sound travels as longitudinal waves and needs to travel through a solid, liquid or gas: it cannot travel through a vacuum. ... Light and sound can also be diffracted, just like water waves, but diffraction in light is less obvious than in sound.
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sultan16
Sound wave need a medium to propagate but light wave not required any medium. example light can travel in space but sound cannot.
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travel through a vacuum. Sound travels as
longitudinal waves and needs to travel
through a solid, liquid or gas: it cannot travel
through a vacuum. ... Light and sound can
also be diffracted, just like water waves, but
diffraction in light is less obvious than in
sound.