What is the primary difference between retroviruses and other viruses?

What is the primary difference between retroviruses and other viruses?

What is the primary difference between retroviruses and other viruses? What is the main difference in their methods of replication?2. What is the difference between viral transduction and transcription?3. There used to be debate on whether or not viruses were living organisms. Today though, the biological community widely accepts viruses to be non-living organisms. Do you consider viruses to be living? Why or why not?