Define stimuli
Stimuli is a detectable change in the internal or external environment. That which influences or causes a temporary increase of physiological activity or response in the whole organism or in any of its parts.
Response to stimuli is a defining charecter of life i.e it is a way in which scientists can know if an organism has life in it or not. There are several otherways as well to know this such as cell organisation, metabolism etc
Responses to stimuli are just one of them.
Stimulus is anything, literally anything that induces a response in your nervous system.
That could be a sudden change in temperature that makes you feel cold. You could say here temperature was the stimulus it just stimulated your nerve cells into prompting you that youre cold and probably should move to some warmer place.