academician vs faculty member

academician and faculty member both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of academician include academic.

academician (noun)	faculty member (noun)
an educator who works at a college or university	an educator who works at a college or university
a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
someone elected to honorary membership in an academy