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What is capacitance and capacitive reactance? 

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Capacitance:

The property of a capacitor to store electrical energy in it, when it is connected to an electric supply is called capacitance. Unit for measurement is farad. Capacitor store an electric energy in the unit of charge and the unit of charge is coulomb. 

Capacitive reactance:

The opposition due to capacitance of capacitor in an electric circuit is called capacitive reactance and it denoted by the letter XC. The unit for measurement is ohm. 

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