Are brom bones and ichabod alike?

Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane are different characters in Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Brom Bones is strong, confident, and outgoing, while Ichabod is nervous, superstitious, and bookish. They both compete for the affections of Katrina Van Tassel in the story, but their personalities and motivations are quite different.