Yes they are different, although the definition and distinction my only be of interest to scholars of classical rhetoric. There are, according to this article from the University of Alberta, three figures: Figures of Word, Tropes (Figures of Speech), and Figures of Thought. All three are tools in rhetoric for conveying information.
Figures of word involve the actual construction of a sentence, including word selection, placement, and repetition.
Figures of speech are when words or phrases are used in a sense other than their literal meaning for dramatic effect. Hyperbole is a figure of speech.
Figures of thought are the styles that rhetoric can take, the way an argument is approached. A simile is a figure of thought.
They are different concepts, but not mutually exclusive. Examples of figures of thought could be figures of speech, and contain figures of word. Figure of speech is, by a wide margin, the concept that we are most familiar with. And we are familiar with specific types of all of them, including, hyperbole, paralipsis, metaphor, and allegory, but their technical classification wouldn't be of much interest to anyone outside of an academic setting.
I might say these are a form of epithet.
Dictionary.com defines epithet as:
any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality
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Pleonasm
According to wiki - Pleonasm is the use of more words or parts of words than is necessary for clear expression: examples are black darkness, or burning fire