#analogies make everything understandable. What's fasctinating
  about how the Universe really works, is that a lot of these
  things that *look* different are really *the same things*. Are
  there subtle differences? Sure. But by the time you have to
  nitpick, you're *way* more advanced than I'm gonna ever get.
  Thinking of them as exactly the same - #spring #capacitor
  #pressure #tank - even mathematically - works perfectly fine.
  Also, an #accumulator where a computer adds up numbers - is
  *also* spring / pressure tank. It just stores up numbers instead
  of electrons, or pressure or whatever.