English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
AN ACADEMICIAN or AN ACADEMIC?
An academician is a member of an academy, or an artist or writer who follows certain academic rules orconventions.
Academic is an adjective which means anything relating to education or scholarship: an academic achievement.
As a noun, an academic is a teacher or scholar in a university or other higher institutions of learning.
Note, however, that academics are referred to as academicians in American and Indian varieties of English.
GAB
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