Problem: Sentence1: Drive the cows into the barn.
Sentence2: Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
Q: Does the term drive mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: He held a large block of the company's stock.
Sentence2: The pyramids were built with large stone blocks.
Q: Does the term block mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: different meanings

Problem: Sentence1: Go about the world in a certain manner.
Sentence2: She went through a lot of trouble.
Q: Does the term go mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer: the same meaning

Problem: Sentence1: A variant of the same word.
Sentence2: All breeds of dog are variants of the species "Canis lupus familiaris".
Q: Does the term variant mean the same thing in both these sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning