Problem: Sentence1: How much furniture did they leave behind?
Sentence2: They had too much furniture for the small apartment.
Q: Does the term furniture mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: To fall off a point.
Sentence2: They sailed south around the point.
Q: Does the term point mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: The climate had the softness of the south of France.
Sentence2: Softness is not something permitted of good leaders.
Q: Does the term softness mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: A good review by this critic will make your play!
Sentence2: She married into wealth and so has it made.
Q: Does the term make mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning