Well, basically, no.

Whereas moist food is exactly that, your cat will eat some, which dries
his mouth out, so he drinks to wet his whistle, and repeats ad
not-hungrium.  

On the other hand, well....

...this could also mean the kibble is too hard for them, and may be
paining them to eat.  Perhaps the cat has dental trouble?

I have read that it isn't quite the same as far as the body is concerned
but I'm still not convinced as water intake is water intake no matter
where it comes from.

As for what I've read... the theory was that cats who eat wet food
satisify most of their moisture requirements with the food and that most
of this moisture is excreted as urine rather than moisture in the feces.

On the other hand, cats who consume dry food are the opposite. They need
to drink to satisfy the moisture requirement, some may not drink enough.
The moisture is excreted more in the feces than it is in the urine.

I don't understand any more about it than this. I have observed a
different behavior in my own cat who consumes dry. She will settle down
for a meal of dry and then sometime afterwards will have a drink. She
drinks quite a lot during the day. The size of the clumps in the litter
box are evidence of that.

To me, ingestion of water no matter what the source results in the same
thing. I cannot see how there is what would amount to a water traffic
copy that would direct water that comes in the food more into the urine
and water from drinking into the urine. I would think the body deals
with water the same no matter where it comes from.

But then what do I know? I'm just a former trucker... former computer
guy... now working on developing yet another career.  :-)

Not as far as total water intake and water turnover are concerned.  Cats fed
dry food drink about 6x more water than cats fed canned food, but their
total water intake (from food and drinking) decreases when they're fed dry
food only.  Specifically, when fed dry food, the total water to dry matter
intake ratio (TH20/DM) varies from 2.0 to 2.8: 1 whereas on canned foods it
varies from 3. 0 to 5.7: 1 -- 150% to 200% higher when fed canned food with
a moisture content of 75% or more.  There have been >20 years of studies
that have confirmed and reconfirmed this fact.

The reason why cats become dehydrated so easily and quickly is because they
have a somewhat weak thirst drive - which they inherited from their
desert-dwelling ancestors - who evolved obtaining most (>90%) of their total
water requirement from their food (prey).  As a consequence, they never
developed a strong thirst drive and therefore can't make rapid and precise
changes in their water intake to compensate for changes in their hydration
status.

The higher water intake and water turnover achieved from canned food results
in more frequent urination -- which is actually the first line of defense in
preventing ascending infections of the urinary tract.  Frequent urination
inhibits bacterial colonization of the urinary tract by frequently washing
out bacteria and organisms from the bladder and urethra with fresh, sterile
urine. Another advantage of a higher water turnover and higher urine volume
is distention of the bladder and urethra -- which stretches and opens
mucosal folds and crevices where bacteria can become trapped.

The higher urine volume also dilutes the concentration of potentially
calculogenic solutes and crystalloids -- the frequent urination flushes the
solutes from the urinary tract before they can grow large enough to cause a
problem.

So as you can see, there's a little more to it.

Phil