Question: Here is one sentence: The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.
Here is another sentence: Business competition can be fiendish at times.
Does the competition mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
Here is another sentence: Pay attention.
Does the pay mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: Humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes.
Here is another sentence: There have been documented cases of morphologically male transgenders having XX chromosomes.
Does the chromosome mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: He held me up at the point of a gun.
Here is another sentence: The one with the most points will win the game.
Does the point mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
different meanings