Question: Here is one sentence: This difficult idea seems to evade her.
Here is another sentence: The con man always evades.
Does the evade mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: I lost my locket in this patch of grass here.
Here is another sentence: Doesn't that patch of clouds looks like a bunny?
Does the patch mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: A congregation is a vehicle of group identity.
Here is another sentence: The play was just a vehicle to display her talents.
Does the vehicle mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: You drive nails into wood with a hammer.
Here is another sentence: Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
Does the drive mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
different meanings