Question: Here is one sentence: Play the casinos in Trouville.
Here is another sentence: Play the races.
Does the play mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: Your wish will come true.
Here is another sentence: Winter comes after autumn.
Does the come mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: Does your husband know how to cook?
Here is another sentence: She knows how to knit.
Does the know mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: His tantrums are a statement of his need for attention.
Here is another sentence: A Cadillac makes a statement about who you are.
Does the statement mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning