Question: Here is one sentence: She loaded her shopping into the car.
Here is another sentence: I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs.
Does the shopping mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: His novels always have a lot of action.
Here is another sentence: The action of natural forces.
Does the action mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: They had sex in the back seat.
Here is another sentence: (The believers ... those ...) who abstain from sex.
Does the sex mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: A bedside stand.
Here is another sentence: The army made a final stand at the Rhone.
Does the stand mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
different meanings