Question: Here is one sentence: This receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur.
Here is another sentence: He was testing the government's receptiveness to reform.
Does the receptiveness mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town.
Here is another sentence: The child rode on his mother's hips.
Does the ride mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: Place a check by the things you have done.
Here is another sentence: Put a check mark in the box corresponding to the correct answer.
Does the check mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: Make a stir.
Here is another sentence: Make friends.
Does the make mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
different meanings