Confusion

Dying.

You mean that which occurs 

or is occurring at 

or connected with 

the time that someone dies

or do you mean the seed-bearing part of a plant

consisting of the reproductive organs that are typically surrounded by brightly coloured petals?

A novel.

You mean a fictitious prose narrative 

of book length

typically representing character and action with some degree of realism

or do you mean a secret word or phrase that must be used to gain admission to a file 

a place 

or a location?

Music.

Do you mean a vocal and instrumental blend 

combined in such a way as to produce beauty in the form of harmonies 

as an expression of emotion

or do you mean a free-swimming marine invertebrate 

with a gelatinous bell or saucer-shaped body that is typically transparent and which can have stinging tentacles around the edge?

An affair.

Do you mean a sexual relationship between two people 

one or both of whom are either married or in a relationship with someone else

or do you mean a long curved fruit which grows in clusters and has soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe?

Confusion.

Do you mean an inability to think as clearly or as quickly as you normally would

or do you mean being given the definition of something completely different to that which you were asking for?