Capacitors, Are the charging and discharging of a capacitor ENTIRELY non-simultaneous?And, in the portion . .?

Question

of the circuit that lies after a capacitor, are there periodic complete cessations of current flow (with no leakage of electrons during charging) or are there simply dips and increases in the current of the portion of the circuit that follows the capacitor.

again though, my primary questions is . . .must a capacitor discharge ENTIRELY before charging commences, or is there some overlap of the 2?

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"must a capacitor discharge ENTIRELY before charging commences, or is there some overlap of the 2?"

no. how would the circuit know?

Take a square wave driving a series R and shunt C. The voltage on the C moves up and down as the square wave changes polarity, never discharging completely, never charging completely.

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