Problem: Word: cycle

Sentence 1: The cycle of the seasons, or of the year.

Sentence 2: The never-ending cycle of the seasons.

Same meaning? OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
A: the same meaning
Question: This question has options. Does the word "trend" have the same definition in the next 2 sentences?

The upward trend of stock-market prices.

Not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: different meanings
Question: "whisk" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

The chef prepared to whisk the egg whites for the angel's food cake.

The President was whisked away in his limo.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: different meanings
Q: Does "raise" have the same meaning in the following two sentences?

Raise a smile.

Raise your 'o'.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: different meanings
Question: Here is one sentence: A multinational operation.
Here is another sentence: It can perform millions of operations per second.
Does the operation mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: different meanings
Question: Sentence 1: A good shot requires good balance and tempo.
Sentence 2: He left me an almost impossible shot.
Does shot mean the same thing in these two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
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Answer:
the same meaning