What is the difference between a monad and a closure?

Question

i am kinda confused reading the definition between the two. Can they actually intersect in terms of definition? or am i completely lost? Thanks.

Answer 1

A "closure" is an object comprising 1) a function, and 2) the values of its free variables where it's constructed.

A "monad" is a class of functions that can be composed in a certain way, i.e. by using associated bind and return higher-order function operators, to produce other functions.