what’s the difference? I understand that Capacitors “store” energy in an electric field and capacitors in a magnetic field… but what does it means? what’s the purpose?
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Inductors resist change in current, they want the current to keep doing what it’s doing, like a spinning wheel.
Among other things this can be used to remove high frequency noise, the noise is rapid changes in the current and the inductor wants to keep the current consistent.
Meanwhile capacitors are more like springs. They can be pushed or pulled away from their neutral point but only so far. When they are away from the neutral point they want to return to it, releasing that stored energy.
Unlike inductors they don’t mind rapid changes in current, but they can’t pass continuous direct current, the spring can only stretch so far.
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