Problem: Sentence1: A unit of wheat is a bushel.
Sentence2: The word is a basic linguistic unit.
Q: Does the term unit mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: Hoop vats.
Sentence2: To hoop a barrel or puncheon.
Q: Does the term hoop mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
Sentence2: She was made president of the club.
Q: Does the term make mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: They didn't follow our lead.
Sentence2: He takes the lead in any group.
Q: Does the term lead mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning