Question: "degree" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

Murder in the second degree.

He earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude.
Answer: different meanings
Question: "baron" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

A "robber baron" or "robber knight" is an historic term and title of disdain.

An oil baron.
Answer: the same meaning
Question: "set" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

The set of prime numbers is infinite.

The set of his mind was obvious.
Answer: different meanings
Question: "break" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

Break a branch from a tree.

Twigs break off of those branches easily.
Answer:
the same meaning