faculty vs skill

faculty

noun
  • an ability, power, or skill. 

  • A licence to make alterations to a church. 

  • A division of a university. 

  • The members of a profession. 

  • The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff. 

  • An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority. 

skill

noun
  • Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate. 

verb
  • To know; to understand. 

  • To have knowledge or comprehension; discern. 

  • To set apart; separate. 

  • To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to). 

  • To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous. 

  • To spend acquired points in exchange for skills. 

adj
  • Great, excellent. 

How often have the words faculty and skill occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )