Question: Here is one sentence: The children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests.
Here is another sentence: An important piece of the evidence.
Does the piece mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: They served beer on draft.
Here is another sentence: He left the country to avoid the draft.
Does the draft mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: He needed silence in order to sleep.
Here is another sentence: He gestured for silence.
Does the silence mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: The children were playing house.
Here is another sentence: He has a house on Cape Cod.
Does the house mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
different meanings