[Drugmachine]

Do you mind my asking what the difference is? Both are basically processed sugars.
Meat and Dairy and such is fairly obvious to me, but not this.

It is not the final result, but the sources of these sugars that causes the distinction.

All Jews are forbidden Chametz [leavened grains (barley, oats, rye, spelt, wheat) that have been leavened (come into contact with moisture and allowed to allowed to ferment or rise)] during Passover.

Ashkenazi (Northern European) Jews are also prohibited Kitniyot (rice, buckwheat/kasha, millet, beans, lentils, peas, sesame seeds, mustard, corn, green beans, snow peas, sugar-snap peas, chickpeas, soybeans, sunflower and poppy seeds) for three reasons:

1. Kitniyot are harvested and processed in the same manner as chametz.

2. They are ground into flour and baked just like chametz [so people may mistakenly believe that if they can eat kitniyot, they can also eat chametz].

3. It may have chametz grains mixed into it [so people who eat kitniyot may inadvertently be eating chametz].

source: http://www.30minuteseder.com/cook.html