Problem: Word: want

Sentence 1: I want to go home now.

Sentence 2: This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner.

Same meaning? OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
A: different meanings
Question: This question has options. Does the word "read" have the same definition in the next 2 sentences?

She read the sky and predicted rain.

The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball.

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

The African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing.

People come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: the same meaning
Q: Does "drift" have the same meaning in the following two sentences?

Drift the cattle herds westwards.

The laborers drift from one town to the next.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: different meanings
Question: Here is one sentence: It was his area of specialization.
Here is another sentence: Areas of interest include ...
Does the area mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: the same meaning
Problem: Word: invitation

Sentence 1: She threw the invitation away.

Sentence 2: She was an invitation to trouble.

Same meaning? OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
A:
different meanings