Name / Instance Clarification

I'm trying to understand the logical difference between these two values and what they uniquely represent:
SQL> select instance from v$thread;
INSTANCE
cqdb
SQL> SELECT name FROM v$database;
NAME
CQDBNow I believe my instance name above would be my SID, correct? Now what exactly is the name representing here? Is this the master schema / database name or something?

In a very simple manner,
database is the collection of the physical components , available on the hard disk drive.
instance is the collection of various memory structures and background process, available on the RAM.
The database name and instance name would be same but can differ too.
For the complete story, read the link suggested by Uwe.
Aman....

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