Problem: Sentence1: A candy sampler.
Sentence2: A sampler of French poets.
Q: Does the term sampler mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: His instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set.
Sentence2: A set of tools.
Q: Does the term set mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: She was granted leave to speak.
Sentence2: He took his leave.
Q: Does the term leave mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: He doesn't care about how / whether she comes.
Sentence2: I don't care what he does.
Q: Does the term care mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning