What does $w_i$ stands for in modal logic?

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I want to prove that $\neg(p\rightarrow q)\neq \neg p \rightarrow q$ and I have a proof example but I have lost the first step and I don't get the following one

  1. $w_iRw_i$ by hypothesis $R$ is reflexive

I don't get this worlds $w_i$ writings, what do they stand for ? In my last question I had a proof where in step 5, it was"choosing" a wj such that $w_iRw_j$ Does it means here that it is choosing a world where $w_iRw_i$ ?

The remaining of the question is :

  1. $\Box p,w_i$ from $R_{\neg\rightarrow}$ on 1 (which is missing)
  2. $\neg p,w_i$ from $R_{\neg\rightarrow}$ on 1 (which is missing)
  3. $p,w_i$ from $R_\Box$ on 3 which leads to a contradiction with 4.
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$w_i$ is a "node or world" i.e. an element of the set $W$ of the Kripke frame $\langle W,R \rangle$ on which the so-called "accessibility relation" $R$ is defined.

The relation $R$ over $W$ is reflexive iff every element of $W$ is related to itself, i.e. $w_iRw_i$ for every $w_i \in W$.