They differ on 2 of 4 dimensions.
Joins in · Tries new things · Stays close · Regular hours
Take out a toy and it comes right over, happy to try a new game. It likes being with people and sitting close to them. When the usual playtime comes around, it comes to find you.
Read the type guide · ENFJ
Joins in · Tries new things · Keeps some space · Goes with the moment
When guests come, it goes over to sniff their shoes and bags. Give it a new toy and it often finds a use you did not expect. It likes to wander around where people are, without always wanting to be touched. When it plays and where it sleeps change from day to day.
Read the type guide · ENTPOn these dimensions the two type descriptions lean the same way. Similar habits can mean easy company, and also wanting the same spot at the same time.
Your morning starts and it is already at your feet, tail up, ready to come along.
Someone walks in with a paper bag and it comes over at once to see who came and what is inside.
They may turn up in the same room, or at the same door, at the same moment. Offer more than one place to settle near you, such as two perches or two spots on the sofa, so neither has to wait for the other to move.
A new scratcher and a ball you roll toward it: it tries both, as long as you stay in the game.
Two empty boxes become a passage, and it steps through to see where the game goes next.
They may reach a new box, bag or toy at the same time. Put out two boxes instead of one and rotate the toys, so neither has to wait its turn to look.
On these dimensions the descriptions lean in opposite directions. A difference is not a problem; it shows where each cat may need a choice of its own.
When you come through the door it is already leaning its cheek against your leg.
At the table it takes the other chair: part of things, but on its own seat.
Closeness that one cat offers, the other may not want. Watch whether the cat being approached stays, moves away or turns its head, and make sure it always has a way out.
After a full day it curls up against you on the sofa, as it does most evenings.
Mid-afternoon it falls asleep on the cushion, the tunnel and ball left where the game stopped.
One cat’s playtime may be the other’s nap. Keep the routine steady for the cat that relies on it, and offer the other a short game somewhere else when it gets going at an odd hour.
These steps are the same for any two cats, whatever their types. Go at the pace of the less comfortable cat.
This compares type descriptions for fun. How two cats actually get along depends on each cat and their home. How it works
