What is shown by the contrast of ʿalimtu and ḥasibtu in lion comparisons?

Purposes of Simile: Possibility, Condition, Degree, Beautification, Disfigurement and Reversal

• ʿAlimtu suggests doubt while ḥasibtu asserts certainty
• The shared respect must be explicit in the first and omitted in the second
• One is figurative while the other always literally classifies Zayd as an animal
• Knowledge- and supposition-verbs colour the force of the likeness