Question: Here is one sentence: He went through fire and damnation.
Here is another sentence: Hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes.
Does the fire mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: Drive the forest.
Here is another sentence: We drove to the university every morning.
Does the drive mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: They had sex in the back seat.
Here is another sentence: (The believers ... those ...) who abstain from sex.
Does the sex mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: Go easy on him: he is but a child.
Here is another sentence: She writes books for children.
Does the child mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning