Problem: Word: background

Sentence 1: He is a lawyer with a sports background.

Sentence 2: The lawyer had a background in computer science.

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

After the burly macho nudists' polar bear dip, their tails were spectacularly shrunk, so they looked like an immature kid's innocent tail.

Most primates have a tail and fangs.

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

The wall followed the road.

Stomach walls.

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

Cut a movie scene.

Cut a Ping-Pong ball.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: different meanings
Question: Here is one sentence: Can you remember her phone number?
Here is another sentence: I remember the concert clearly, but I can't recollect why I was there.
Does the remember mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: the same meaning
Question: "catch" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

Catch fire.

The bucket catches water from the downspout.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer:
the same meaning