Problem: Sentence1: The water reached ankle level.
Sentence2: The pictures were at the same level.
Q: Does the term level mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: It's been an age since we last saw you.
Sentence2: It was replaced because of its age.
Q: Does the term age mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: Take steps.
Sentence2: Shall we take a guide in Rome?
Q: Does the term take mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: We've been having a lot of rain lately.
Sentence2: The rains came late that year.
Q: Does the term rain mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning