Since the water table is just a level of ground that holds water, much of the content of the water table is water. When the water is gone, the water table shrinks, and the land moves downwards.
The water table is the term for how deep underground you have to dig to find ground water.
the ground water seeps through the ground strata into the subterranean water table
Similar, the water table is where we find ground water, ground water is simply water in the ground
The water plate is where the water sits under the earth
a water table is where the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation have a boundary