Problem: Sentence1: The war on poverty.
Sentence2: The "war on terror" is a campaign against terrorist crime.
Q: Does the term war mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: Will the stock market crash again?
Sentence2: The economy crashed.
Q: Does the term crash mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by.
Sentence2: In many corners of the world they still practice slavery.
Q: Does the term corner mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: To crack a whip.
Sentence2: Crack a safe.
Q: Does the term crack mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer:
different meanings