Question: Here is one sentence: I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.
Here is another sentence: He and his sons haven't communicated for years.
Does the communicate mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: The track bed had washed away.
Here is another sentence: Sea bed, river bed, lake bed.
Does the bed mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: This old radio doesn't work anymore.
Here is another sentence: The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats.
Does the work mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: Break a circuit.
Here is another sentence: Who broke into my account last night?
Does the break mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
different meanings