Question: Sentence 1: 10.5 ("ten point five"; = ten and a half).
Sentence 2: He stuck the point of the knife into a tree.
Does point mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings

Question: Sentence 1: She seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own.
Sentence 2: Give her recognition for trying.
Does recognition mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings

Question: Sentence 1: The part of his hair was slightly to the left.
Sentence 2: His part was right in the middle.
Does part mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer:
the same meaning