Question: Here is one sentence: A piano has a greater range than the human voice.
Here is another sentence: He answered a range of questions.
Does the range mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: To loosen a knot.
Here is another sentence: After the Thanksgiving meal, Bill loosened his belt.
Does the loosen mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: They shot 20 head of quail.
Here is another sentence: 200 head of cattle.
Does the head mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: It was an experience he would not soon forget.
Here is another sentence: He had a religious experience.
Does the experience mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning