Problem: Sentence1: At that point I had to leave.
Sentence2: A row of points.
Q: Does the term point mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. -- M. Arnold.
Sentence2: Their manners had sophisticated the young girls.
Q: Does the term sophisticate mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: Work one's muscles.
Sentence2: My personal trainer works me hard.
Q: Does the term work mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: Corn doesn't grow here.
Sentence2: In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees.
Q: Does the term grow mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning