Interesting seeing them together like this. The differences between different breeds of dogs is much greater than between different types of cats who all seem more or less similar in shape and to a great extent in size. But here you can see that these two are quite different in the shape of their heads and depth of their faces.
@gardencat This is true, breeds are also different in general personality characteristics although there are of course individual differences as well. Russian blues for example are in general a bit introverted, but while Nottis is timid, Duchess is more brave but disinterested.