The difference between Glass and Mirror
When used as nouns, glass means an amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime, whereas mirror means a smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
When used as verbs, glass means to fit with glass, whereas mirror means of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to, to be a copy of.
check bellow for the other definitions of Glass and Mirror
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Glass as a noun (uncountable):
An amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.
Examples:
"The tabletop is made of glass."
"A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid."
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Glass as a noun (countable):
A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
Examples:
"Fill my glass with milk, please."
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Glass as a noun (metonymically):
The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
Examples:
"There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce."
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Glass as a noun (uncountable):
Glassware.
Examples:
"We collected art glass."
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Glass as a noun:
A mirror.
Examples:
"She adjusted her lipstick in the glass."
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Glass as a noun:
A magnifying glass or telescope.
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Glass as a noun (sport):
A barrier made of solid, transparent material. The backboard. The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
Examples:
"He caught the rebound off the glass."
"He fired the outlet pass off the glass."
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Glass as a noun:
A barometer.
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Glass as a noun (attributive, in names of species):
Transparent or translucent.
Examples:
"'glass frog;  glass shrimp;  glass worm"
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Glass as a noun (obsolete):
An hourglass.
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Glass as a verb (transitive):
To fit with glass; to glaze.
Examples:
"rfquotek Boyle"
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Glass as a verb (transitive):
To enclose in glass.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Glass as a verb (transitive):
. To fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass).
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Glass as a verb (transitive, UK, colloquial):
To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
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Glass as a verb (science fiction):
To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
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Glass as a verb:
To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
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Glass as a verb:
To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
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Glass as a verb (archaic, reflexive):
To reflect; to mirror.
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Glass as a verb:
To become glassy.
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Mirror as a noun:
A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
Examples:
"I had a look in the mirror to see if the blood had come off my face."
"We could see the lorry in the mirror, so decided to change lanes."
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Mirror as a noun (figuratively):
An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.
Examples:
"His story is a mirror into the life of orphans growing up."
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Mirror as a noun (internet):
A website or other online resource that contains replicated data.
Examples:
"Although the content had been deleted from his blog, it was still found on some mirrors."
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Mirror as a noun:
A mirror carp.
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Mirror as a noun (historical):
A kind of political self-help book, advising kings, princes, etc. on how to behave.
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Mirror as a verb (transitive):
Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to, to be a copy of.
Examples:
"He tried to mirror Elvis's life. He copied his fashion and his mannerisms, and he even went to live in w Graceland."
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Mirror as a verb (computing, transitive):
To create something identical to (a web site, etc.).
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Mirror as a verb (transitive):
To reflect, as in a mirror.