What is the difference between an elastic and an inelastic collision in Newtonian physics?

In both types of collisions, total linear momentum is conserved. However, in an elastic collision total kinetic energy is conserved, while in an inelastic collision part of the energy is transformed into heat, deformation, or sound.

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