First you have to say if you are talking about () the type or () the value. () the type is fairly close to void in meaning. () the value is fairly close to null in meaning. Thus both comparisons are accurate, which is applicable depends on which () you are referring to.
While your post is correct for () the type, if I consider () the value, your post could be transformed without loss of accuracy to:
Void is not a value either, and you cannot return it from a function. I think null is a closer match.
I guess you could argue that 'null' refers to the '1' in a sum type 'T + 1'. I still think 'unit' is the most precise term though, especially seeing as Rust doesn't have structural sum types. `None` is the closest we get to null.
While your post is correct for () the type, if I consider () the value, your post could be transformed without loss of accuracy to:
Void is not a value either, and you cannot return it from a function. I think null is a closer match.
Value or type neither half is the whole story.