Question: Here is one sentence: Leave your child the nurse's care.
Here is another sentence: At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats.
Does the leave mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: He asked to see the executive who handled his account.
Here is another sentence: He predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance.
Does the account mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: He tried to catch her eye.
Here is another sentence: The thread wouldn't go through the eye.
Does the eye mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly.
Here is another sentence: He paid her off the books and in kind where possible.
Does the pay mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
different meanings