Question: "softness" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

He attributes the disappointing results to softness in the economy.

And in softness almost beyond hearing.

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- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: different meanings
Question: "break" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

Break a circuit.

Break a promise.

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- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: different meanings
Question: "offer" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

Offer prayers to the gods.

The Shakespeare Company is offering 'King Lear' this month.

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- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: different meanings
Question: "hinge" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

His absence is the hinge of our plan.

This argument was the hinge on which the question turned.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer:
the same meaning