They differ on 1 of 4 dimensions.
Joins in · Likes the familiar · Keeps some space · Regular hours
In the morning it makes a round of the house to see what everyone is doing. It likes being near people but has its own seat and would rather not be held. It wants the old toy, and if dinner is late it comes to tell you.
Read the type guide · ESTJ
Joins in · Likes the familiar · Keeps some space · Goes with the moment
Any commotion at home brings it over to look. Wiggle its familiar old toy and it is playing at once; when it has had enough, it turns and leaves, flopping down somewhere nearby. It does not care much for being held, and its hours are hard to predict.
Read the type guide · ESTPOn 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.
You start tidying the shelf and it comes to stand beside you, checking where everything goes.
You open the toy basket and it is beside you before the lid is off, to see what comes out.
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.
It sits by the ball track it has always used and waits for you to start the usual round.
The old ball rolls and it pounces from a standing start, as if seeing it for the first time.
A new cat, new furniture or a new smell is a big change for either of them. Change one thing at a time, and keep each cat’s own bed, blanket and favorite toy where they have always been.
It takes the stool next to your chair, facing the same way as you, without leaning in.
It sits in a low box at your feet: in the front row for whatever is going on, but not on your lap.
Each may want a seat of its own instead of a shared one. Separate perches within sight of each other let them be in the same room without touching.
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.
At night it is in the basket at the end of the hallway, right on time.
When the game ends it lies down right there on the rug, one paw still on the ball.
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
