The difference between coin and token is very clear as op described above, somehow it's quite confusing that people called coin as a token or token as a coin, You can find them even in the crypto related site which is bad,coin has their own platform and operates independently while token is not, it requires another platform such as ethereum to exist, people have to know the difference between these two things.
Yeah, most newbies gets confused about this two but its really important to know the difference so you will be confident where to invest. If the project have their own blockchain technology then I think it has an advantage compare to others.
Maybe it is because they cannot think of it widely wht is the difference between the two. Yes it is very important to invest but to invest without in mind does not have an assurance to achieve the brighter one in the near future. Newbies are still gathering new informations for the future purposes.