What is the difference between terms and monomials in mathematics?

[Smlevyy]

English's not the native language in my country; however (strangely), currently I'm learning Math in the language. And now I'm encountered with a kind of "language" problem here: I can't see the difference between the defination " term" and " monomials". Do they mean the same thing, but only have different emphasis? If so, which of them is used more often? Thank you if you could give me some ideas about this!

 

[brass]

Polynomials are made up of terms. These all have exponents of 0, 1, 2, ...

A monomial is a polynomial with one term:
y=2x
y=x^2
y=6

A binomial is a polynomial with two terms:
y=2x-7
y=x^2+3x

etc...

 

[Galileo]

As far as I know, the values you sum over in a summation are called 'terms':
e.g.: a+b+c+d
a,b,c and d are called terms.
Just like for a product: abcd
the values are called 'factors'

English is not my native language either though...

 

[cogito²]

Could you maybe give a sentence from your book for each word so we can see the context?

 

[Smlevyy]

"Terms are separated by + or - "

"Monomial is a product of two or some factors, each of them is either a number, or a letter, or a power of a letter. A single number or a single letter may be also considered as a monomial."(defination from www.bymath.com)
But terms can be the same. (?) Sorry but I'm still a little confused.