Problem: Sentence1: He walked to school every morning.
Sentence2: The school was built in 1932.
Q: Does the term school mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: I can not accept your invitation.
Sentence2: We accept the idea of universal health care.
Q: Does the term accept mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: The lioness was a mother of four cubs.
Sentence2: The mother of three children.
Q: Does the term mother mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: Break a promise.
Sentence2: Break a law.
Q: Does the term break mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning