Question: Here is one sentence: As there was a lot of damage, we chose the heavy roller to flatten the pitch.
Here is another sentence: Mary would flatten the dough before rolling it into pretzels.
Does the flatten mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: Don't interrupt me when I'm reading.
Here is another sentence: We interrupt the program for the following messages.
Does the interrupt mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: Pay an obligation.
Here is another sentence: Pay a debt.
Does the pay mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: The reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture.
Here is another sentence: The developing drug culture.
Does the culture mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning