title: Difference between Virtual machine and instance
body: <p>I have been gone through Google cloud services for my project requirement.  I am little bit confused the terms used in Google cloud.  I would like to know what is the difference between VM and instance or both are same?  If both terms are difference, in terms of what? </p>
  
  <p>As far as my understanding VM is also known as instance.  It means if I am creating one instance, i am creating one VM.  If I am creating multi VM, that means i am creating more than 1 instance.  Am I right?  </p>
  
  <p>I am trying to find correct explanation across google search.  But unfortunately, I couldn't get.  Really appreciate if anyone help me to understand the above confusion.  Thanks in advance</p>