Question: Here is one sentence: A congregation is a vehicle of group identity.
Here is another sentence: His editorials provided a vehicle for his political views.
Does the vehicle mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge.
Here is another sentence: Some students take a gap year after finishing high school to broaden their horizons.
Does the horizon mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: He watched the house burn.
Here is another sentence: The sun burned his face.
Does the burn mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: Fortunately she had the good sense to run away.
Here is another sentence: He hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples.
Does the sense mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning