Question: Sentence 1: That's the size of the situation.
Sentence 2: A wolf is about the size of a large dog.
Does size mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings

Question: Sentence 1: A section of a fishing rod.
Sentence 2: She got a job in the historical section of the Treasury.
Does section mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings

Question: Sentence 1: Red Rum only won by a nose.
Sentence 2: My horse lost the race by a nose.
Does nose mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer:
the same meaning