Question: Here is one sentence: Play water from a hose.
Here is another sentence: The fountains played all day.
Does the play mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: He was in the employ of the city.
Here is another sentence: The school district has six thousand teachers in its employ.
Does the employ mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: They climbed the north face of the mountain.
Here is another sentence: The face of the city is changing.
Does the face mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: This dough does not work easily.
Here is another sentence: Can you work an electric drill?
Does the work mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
different meanings