What is energy conservation?

What are the differences between Conservation law of energy and Conservation law of Mechanical energy in Physics?

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    1. The Law of Conservation of Energy takes into consideration ALL types of energy, not just mechanical energy. 2. The Law of Conservation of Energy is always fulfilled. Conservation of mechanical energy is not strictly fulfilled - mechanical energy may get lost, due to friction (and converted into other types of energy, which are not counted as "mechanical energy"). But conservation of mechanical energy is still useful for some calculations, when you can assume that friction is insignificant).

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