Question: Sentence 1: This table would serve very well.
Sentence 2: The tree stump serves as a table.
Does serve mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: the same meaning

Question: Sentence 1: The voice of the law.
Sentence 2: The noisy voice of the waterfall.
Does voice mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings

Question: Sentence 1: A bald spot.
Sentence 2: A leopard's spots.
Does spot mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer:
the same meaning