Difference between kleene star and a plus

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So this isn't a question from a homework directly, but it's been used in my textbook an I'm not sure of the difference. For example, if I have a* and a+, what is the difference

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The exact wording in the book was {0,1}* and {0,1}+

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I know the kleene star means you have 0 or more repetitions of that symbol, i.e. 0* = n occurrences of 0 where n ≥ 0. I'm not sure what the plus means at all
 
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