If y = a + bi and z = c + di are two complex numbers then
z - y = (c - a) + (d - b)i
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No difference. The set of complex numbers includes the set of imaginary numbers.
Graphically the difference is quite clear: the real numbers can be put on a line, the so-called number-line; while complex numbers are represented as points on a plane. A complex number is made up of two parts, like a vector in two dimensions.
Imaginary number is a number that consist of only Imaginary part. Such as i, 40i, 1/2i, etc. While the difference between the imaginary numbers and the complex numbers are that complex number also contains Real numbers, and can be written as a + bi. For example, 30+i, 1/2+1/2i, etc.
Real numbers are a proper subset of complex numbers. In fact each complex number, z, can be represented as z = x +iy where x and y are real numbers and i is the imaginary square root of -1.Thus the set of complex numbers is the Cartesian product of two sets of real numbers. That is, C = R x R where C is the set of complex numbers and R is the set of real numbers. Limitations of this browser prevent me from writing that in a mathematically precise and more helpful fashion.
Complex numbers are a proper superset of real numbers. That is to say, real numbers are a proper subset of complex numbers.