Answer:
The speed is the same as long as the reflection is regular.
Explanation:
This is because in regular reflection, the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection in accordance with the second law of reflection.
Since speed of light depends on the angle of the light ray it makes with the reflecting surface, the speed is the same
There may be an esoteric technical shade or nuance of difference. But I've been an electrical engineer for 40 years now, and have always used them interchangeably.
(I would have answered your question by saying "No.", but this website won't accept an answer that's less than 200 characters long.)
"Free fall" is the motion of an object when gravity is the ONLY force
acting on it.
In true 'free fall' the speed of an object increases at a constant rate
for the total duration of the fall. The rate of increase, on or near the
Earth's surface, is 9.8 meters per second for each second of fall.
True free fall is almost impossible to observe in everyday life, because
whenever we see anything falling, it's almost always falling through air,
so gravity is NOT the only force acting on it. The friction due to the
motion through air works against the gravitational force. In many cases,
the result is that the object's speed eventually stops increasing and
becomes constant, at a speed often described with the faux technical,
high-fallutin' sounding phrase "terminal velocity". It must be understood
that 'terminal velocity' is NOT a property of gravity or of free fall, but is
only a result of falling through some surrounding stuff that interferes with
the process of true 'free fall'.
