Question: Here is one sentence: We hiked through the Andes mountain range.
Here is another sentence: The plains lay just beyond the mountain range.
Does the range mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: I can't use this tool.
Here is another sentence: Use the plastic bags to store the food.
Does the use mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: My jacket needs a wash.
Here is another sentence: At the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash.
Does the wash mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: A working stiff.
Here is another sentence: A lucky stiff.
Does the stiff mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning