The footnote supplies the organizing rule. Usage in the assigned sense is haqiqah; relevant transfer to another sense is majaz. Separately, a clear intended meaning is sarih, while one requiring an indication is kinayah.
Thus literal and explicit are not competing opposites, nor does “figurative” simply mean “allusive.” One axis concerns the assigned sense; the other concerns clarity of intention. An expression can be described along both axes.
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Haqiqah, Majaz, Sarih and Kinayah: Definitions and Rulings
The footnote supplies the organizing rule. Usage in the assigned sense is haqiqah; relevant transfer to another sense is majaz. Separately, a clear intended meaning is sarih, while one requiring an indication is kinayah.
Thus literal and explicit are not competing opposites, nor does “figurative” simply mean “allusive.” One axis concerns the assigned sense; the other concerns clarity of intention. An expression can be described along both axes.