Capacitors and Inductors

Question

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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Answer 1

Capacitor is like the electronic equivalent of a spring: charge it up and it’ll push back with a voltage. Inductor is like the electronic equivalent of a mass: run a current through it and it’ll resist changes to that current.