faulting vs geological fault

faulting and geological fault both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
faulting	Yes	No	No	No
geological fault	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, faulting and geological fault are synonyms defined as:

faulting and geological fault: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

Other synonyms of faulting include break, fault, fracture, shift.

faulting (noun)	geological fault (noun)
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other	(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other