Question: Sentence 1: The facts had been brought to the surface.
Sentence 2: Three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water.
Does surface mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings

Question: Sentence 1: The photo is a little dark in that area.
Sentence 2: The area of a rectangle.
Does area mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: the same meaning

Question: Sentence 1: Stretch the imagination.
Sentence 2: To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass.
Does stretch mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer:
different meanings