Question: Here is one sentence: A wall of water.
Here is another sentence: Negotiations ran into a brick wall.
Does the wall mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: the same meaning


Question: Here is one sentence: He was sidelined with a hamstring pull.
Here is another sentence: Iron fillings drawn by the pull of a magnet.
Does the pull mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings


Question: Here is one sentence: He asked the waiter for the check.
Here is another sentence: The tablecloth had red and white checks.
Does the check mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer: different meanings


Question: Here is one sentence: To volunteer for doing the dishes.
Here is another sentence: He volunteered the information.
Does the volunteer mean the same thing in the two sentences?

Answer:
the same meaning