Problem: Sentence1: You anger too easily.
Sentence2: He angers easily.
Q: Does the term anger mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: Approach a task.
Sentence2: To approach the city.
Q: Does the term approach mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: Beat one's breast.
Sentence2: This beats me!
Q: Does the term beat mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: To poise the scales of a balance.
Sentence2: I poised the crowbar in my hand, and waited.
Q: Does the term poise mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning