He said "the variable name and usage".

His point is that

$foo->bar($x)->baz($y)
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can be either

$foo->bar($x);
$foo->baz($y);           # same object
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or

my $bar = $foo->bar($x);
          $bar->baz($y); # different object
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which is the ambiguity he's talking about.

ihb