Question: Here is one sentence: I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
Here is another sentence: To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
Does the stretch mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: He arrived five minutes late, but to his credit he did work an extra ten minutes at the end of his shift.
Here is another sentence: Give her credit for trying.
Does the credit mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: A keen musical sense.
Here is another sentence: In the best sense charity is really a duty.
Does the sense mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: Authority for the program was renewed several times.
Here is another sentence: He is an authority on corporate law.
Does the authority mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
different meanings