Question: Sentence 1: I can see a risk in this strategy.
Sentence 2: I can't see him on horseback!
Does see mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: the same meaning

Question: Sentence 1: This thing has got to end.
Sentence 2: It is a remarkable thing.
Does thing mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: the same meaning

Question: Sentence 1: I don't care.
Sentence 2: We cared about the opera.
Does care mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer:
the same meaning