Problem: Sentence1: The hunters found deer sign at the end of the trail.
Sentence2: Those clouds show signs of raining soon.
Q: Does the term sign mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: A person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
Sentence2: His sudden appearance surprised me.
Q: Does the term appearance mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: The change is due largely to the increased availability of antiretroviral treatment.
Sentence2: A treatment or cure is applied after a medical problem has already started.
Q: Does the term treatment mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: They're just country folk.
Sentence2: Folks around here drink moonshine.
Q: Does the term folk mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning