Answer:
Lenses produce images through REFRACTION but mirrors produce images through REFLECTION.
CONVEX lenses and CONCAVE mirrors focus light at a point. CONVEX mirrors and CONCAVE lenses spread light apart.
Step-by-step explanation:
Refraction guides the image formation for lenses. Light rays are bent or refracted at both surfaces of the lens as they pass through it. With this, various effects can be obtained by focusing light rays on different range of curvatures of the lens.
Reflection guides the formation of images by plane and curved mirrors. Light rays change direction as they travel through a continuously changing medium. The law of reflection states that the angle of reflected ray is equal to the angle of incident ray upon reflection from a smooth surface.
A convex lens is curved outward causing the parallel light rays passing through it to be refracted inward. They meet at a focal point and focuses light at a single point likewise concave mirror.
A concave lens is curved inwards and light rays passing through it are refracted outward, spreading light apart which is also an action of convex mirror.