academic vs faculty member

academic and faculty member both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
academic	Yes	Yes	No	No
faculty member	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, academic and faculty member are synonyms defined as:

academic and faculty member: an educator who works at a college or university

Other synonyms of academic include academician.

academic (noun)	faculty member (noun)
an educator who works at a college or university	an educator who works at a college or university

academic (adjective)	faculty member (adjective)
associated with academia or an academy
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result