They differ on 3 of 4 dimensions.
Joins in · Likes the familiar · Stays close · Regular hours
At the sound of keys it runs to the door and follows you in, rubbing against your legs. When the family gathers in the living room, it squeezes onto the sofa too. It asks to be petted at about the same times each day and plays the same few games.
Read the type guide · ESFJ
Prefers quiet · Tries new things · Keeps some space · Regular hours
Usually watches the house from a high, quiet spot. When something new appears, it comes down to sniff it and circle it once, then goes back to its usual place. Meals and naps happen at about the same times, and it rarely needs someone right beside it.
Read the type guide · INTJOn 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.
It curls up in its corner of the sofa beside whoever is sitting there, as it does every night.
At dusk it is back in the same bed under the bookshelf, at much the same time as yesterday.
Meals, play and naps may fall at the same times for both. Feed them at set times in separate places, so a shared routine does not turn into a contest over one bowl.
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.
With the family sitting on the living-room rug, it settles in the middle of everyone.
On a rainy afternoon it takes the windowsill by itself and watches the drops run down the glass.
Their days may cross only now and then, and that is fine. Keep a resting place the quieter cat can reach without passing through the busy part of the home, and let the more social one come to you for company.
The evening game is the one it knows: you roll the cloth ball and it trots along behind.
It tries a new puzzle tray one careful paw at a time until it has worked out which piece moves.
A new toy may interest only one of them. Bring new things in without taking the old ones away, and let the more cautious cat watch from a distance for as long as it likes.
You open the door and it is at your ankles, winding around them with its tail up.
During your reading hour it sits on its own cushion a step away, near you without asking to be held.
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.
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
