What's the Difference Between Heat Capacity and Heat Capacitance?

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1What is the difference between heat capacity and heat capacitance?
 
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No idea.

Sure you don't mean "thermal capacitance"?

Is this a HW question?
 
no relation. heat capacity is in J/kg or J/mol but heat capacitance is not a definition I've come across in Physics.
 
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