Question: Sentence 1: The cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface.
Sentence 2: Earthquakes originate far below the surface.
Does surface mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings

Question: Sentence 1: He sailed around the world.
Sentence 2: All the world loves a lover.
Does world mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings

Question: Sentence 1: Jones came in third.
Sentence 2: A distant third.
Does third mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer:
the same meaning