Question: "play" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

I've practiced the piano off and on, and I still can't play very well.

Can you play on this old recorder?
Answer: the same meaning
Question: "outwardness" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

What is the origin of the outwardness of our sensations of sound, smell, or taste.

The outwardness of the world.
Answer: different meanings
Question: "grow" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

That acorn will grow into an oak tree.

The gardener grew that acorn into an oak tree.
Answer: the same meaning
Question: "patch" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

I lost my locket in this patch of grass here.

The world economy had a rough patch in the 1930s.
Answer:
the same meaning