Question: Here is one sentence: The battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self.
Here is another sentence: The bare skeleton of a novel.
Does the skeleton mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: Don't make this into a big deal.
Here is another sentence: This invention will make you a millionaire.
Does the make mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: The passing of winter.
Here is another sentence: His future depended on his passing that test.
Does the passing mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements.
Here is another sentence: Under the head of minor Roman poets.
Does the head mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning