The similarities in their character go beyond just how they approached their individual dilemmas with Cloud. They both took slightly different paths in that respect, but their responses to practically any given situation were exactly the same otherwise. They didn't disagree on anything, they didn't have differing opinions, they didn't respond differently to the other characters. They looked different, had different battle capabilities, and went about their interest in Cloud in slightly different fashions. Besides those few meager details, they were exactly the same.