Problem: Sentence1: Do you want to come over to my place later?
Sentence2: Your place or mine?
Q: Does the term place mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: The play lasted two hours.
Sentence2: They made a futile play for power.
Q: Does the term play mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: Block an attack.
Sentence2: Block the book cover.
Q: Does the term block mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: A poor excuse for an automobile.
Sentence2: He had to get his mother to write an excuse for him.
Q: Does the term excuse mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer:
different meanings