Question: Here is one sentence: Make a phone call.
Here is another sentence: Make a decision.
Does the make mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.
Here is another sentence: People gathered round as he began to tell his story.
Does the gather mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. -- William H. Prescott.
Here is another sentence: Natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger.
Does the apparition mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: To say the same thing in other terms.
Here is another sentence: How can you say such a thing?
Does the thing mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning