craftsman vs artificer

craftsman and artificer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
craftsman	Yes	No	No	No
artificer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, craftsman and artificer are synonyms defined as:

craftsman and artificer: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

Other synonyms of craftsman include artisan, journeyman.

craftsman (noun)	artificer (noun)
a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft	a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
a creator of great skill in the manual arts	someone who is the first to think of or make something
a professional whose work is consistently of high quality	an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.