Problem: Sentence1: A chain of mountains.
Sentence2: The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.
Q: Does the term chain mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: The shot was wide off the mark.
Sentence2: He poured a shot of whiskey.
Q: Does the term shot mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: The machinery is out of order.
Sentence2: Magnolias belong to the order Magnoliales.
Q: Does the term order mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: Where do you stand on the War?
Sentence2: Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.
Q: Does the term stand mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning