Question: Here is one sentence: Flood the market with tennis shoes.
Here is another sentence: The images flooded his mind.
Does the flood mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: Dew dripped from the face of the leaf.
Here is another sentence: He looked out at a roomful of faces.
Does the face mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: Suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby.
Here is another sentence: He attributes the disappointing results to softness in the economy.
Does the softness mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: At that point I had to leave.
Here is another sentence: A row of points.
Does the point mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
different meanings