Question: Here is one sentence: They put it into containers for ease of transportation.
Here is another sentence: A life of luxury and ease.
Does the ease mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: He is a lawyer with a sports background.
Here is another sentence: The lawyer had a background in computer science.
Does the background mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: Settling a score.
Here is another sentence: The score was 7 to 0.
Does the score mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: He was well aware of the richness of his own appearance.
Here is another sentence: The richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty.
Does the richness mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
different meanings