Solution
The difference is the return type. find() returns a model object, but whereId() returns an instance of Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder.
In other words, those two statements are meaning the same thing:
$cat = Cat::find(53);
$cat = Cat::whereId(53)->first();
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