different between figuratively vs sackcloth

English

figurative +? -ly

figuratively (comparative more figuratively, superlative most figuratively)

(manner) In a figurative manner.
- 1897 Easton's Bible Dictionary available on Wikisource
  Shepherd A word naturally of frequent occurrence in Scripture. […] This word is used figuratively to represent the relation of rulers to their subjects and of God to his people.
Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.

From Middle English sakcloth, sekcloth, sekclath, sekklath, equivalent to sack +? cloth.

sackcloth (countable and uncountable, plural sackcloths)

A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
(usually with “and ashes”, also figuratively) Garments worn as an act of penance.
Synonyms: hairshirt, cilice

John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “sackcloth”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

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