Question: Here is one sentence: A patch of bad weather.
Here is another sentence: A patch of clouds.
Does the patch mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: He checked the direction and velocity of the wind.
Here is another sentence: Keep going in the same direction.
Does the direction mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: What was the date of submission of your proposal?
Here is another sentence: His submission to the will of God.
Does the submission mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: He read the warning in the doctor's surgery.
Here is another sentence: I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.
Does the surgery mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning