Prophage vs. Transposon

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Anyone know the difference between a prophage and a transposon? they sound very similar to me
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A prophage is a virus that has integrated it's DNA into a bacterium and is in the lysogenic stage and a transposon is part of DNA that can move to different locations.
 
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A virus can integrate into a transposon as a prophage and be moved around the DNA within the transposon as well.
 
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